摘要:
A serial buffer is configured to transmit a plurality of received data packets through a data packet transfer path to a host processor. A doorbell controller of the serial buffer monitors the number of data packets transmitted to the host processor through the data packet transfer path, and estimates the number of data packets actually received by the host processor. The doorbell controller generates a doorbell command each time that the estimated number of data packets corresponds with a fixed number of data packets in a frame. The doorbell commands are transmitted to the host processor on a doorbell command path, which is faster than the data packet transfer path. The doorbell controller may estimate the number of data packets actually received by the host processor in response to a first delay value, which represents how much faster the doorbell command path is than the data packet transfer path.
摘要:
A serial buffer includes queues configured to store data packets received from a host. A direct memory access (DMA) engine receives data packets from the highest priority queue having a water level that reaches a corresponding watermark. The DMA engine is configured in response to a DMA register set, which is selected from a plurality of DMA register sets. The DMA register set used to configure the DMA engine can be selected in response to information in the header of the read data packet, or in response to the queue from which the data packet is read. Each DMA register set defines a corresponding buffer in system memory, to which the data packet is transferred. Each DMA register set also defines whether the corresponding buffer is accessed in a wrap mode or a stop mode, and whether doorbell signals are generated in response to transfers to the last address in the corresponding buffer.
摘要:
A packet processing integrated circuit chip includes a plurality of input ports configured to receive packets from respective external sources and a plurality of output ports configured to transmit packets to respective external recipients. The chip further includes a packet processor configurable to extract data from payloads of the received packets, to process the extracted data to produce new packets with payloads having formats compatible with data structures of the external recipients, and to convey the new packets to the output ports. The chip may further include a packet switching fabric configured to route selected packets from the input ports to selected ones of the output ports without payload modification.
摘要:
A CAM array block is configured to perform a search operation in a staged segment-to-segment manner using a plurality of hybrid comparands that are pipelined into the CAM array block during consecutive stages of the search operation. These hybrid comparands include at least a virtual sector field and a data field. The CAM array block is also responsive to a segment address, which identifies an active segment of CAM cells in said CAM array block. The CAM array block may include a CAM array and a global mask cell sub-array that is electrically coupled to the CAM array. This global mask cell sub-array may be responsive to the segment address and a mode select signal. A bit/data line control circuit is also provided. The bit/data line control circuit is electrically coupled to the CAM array by bit lines and data lines and has inputs that are responsive to signals generated by the global mask cell sub-array. The device may also include an address translation unit that is responsive to an input address. This address translation unit may be a RAM device that receives a second portion of an input address as a read address. The RAM device may generate at least the virtual sector field and the segment address.
摘要:
A system and method for encoding and decoding data utilizes Walsh-Hadamard Transforms and inversion techniques to generate the possible minimum disparity values for the data to be encoded. A minimum disparity value is then selected that also provides sufficient transition density.