摘要:
An offload system, method, and computer program product are provided for utilizing a hardware network interface for identifying data and calculating at least a portion of a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) value for the data.
摘要:
A multiple network protocol encoder/decoder comprising a network protocol layer, data handler, O.S. State machine, and memory manager state machines implemented at a hardware gate level. Network packets are received from a physical transport level mechanism by the network protocol layer state machine which decodes network protocols such as TCP, IP, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), PPP, and Raw Socket concurrently as each byte is received. Each protocol handler parses and strips header information immediately from the packet, requiring no intermediate memory. The resulting data are passed to the data handler which consists of data state machines that decode data formats such as email, graphics, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Java, and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Each data state machine reacts accordingly to the pertinent data, and any data that are required by more than one data state machine is provided to each state machine concurrently, and any data required more than once by a specific data state machine, are placed in a specific memory location with a pointer designating such data (thereby ensuring minimal memory usage). Resulting display data are immediately passed to a display controller. Any outgoing network packets are created by the data state machines and passed through the network protocol state machine which adds header information and forwards the resulting network packet via a transport level mechanism.
摘要:
An graphics/audio controller system supports the delivery of digital audio signals in a graphics controller architecture so that much of the video circuitry can also be used to process audio information. The graphics/audio controller may be implemented to accommodate either asynchronous or synchronous audio access. A memory control unit is incorporated to receive audio and video data request signals and to correspondingly access the required data from a memory section. Digital audio and video signals are provided at an output bus of the memory section and are converted to analog signals by one or more digital to analog converters. As a result of the graphics/audio controller system, efficient audio reproduction is supported while minimizing hardware requirements. In addition, the overall size and cost of the system is minimized.