INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND METHOD OF PERFORMING CUT-THROUGH FORWARDING OF PACKET DATA

An integrated circuit device comprises a cut-through forwarding module. The cut-through forwarding module comprises 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 comprises 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 of data 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.