An integrated circuit device includes a cut-through forwarding module. The cut-through forwarding module includes at least one receiver component arranged to receive data to be forwarded, and at least one transmitter component arranged to transmit data stored within at least one transmitter buffer thereof. The cut-through forwarding module further includes at least one delimiter component arranged to trigger a transmission of frame data within the at least one transmitter buffer, upon receipt of a first number elements of a respective data frame by the at least one receiver component, the first number of data elements comprising a first predefined integer value.