Apparatus and method for interleaved packet storage
The present invention relates generally to network devices with memory to store network packets. An apparatus and method for storage of memory packets with a high aggregate bandwidth is disclosed. An odd-even memory bank structure effectively doubles the memory available for packet storage. A packet...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The present invention relates generally to network devices with memory to store network packets.
An apparatus and method for storage of memory packets with a high aggregate bandwidth is disclosed. An odd-even memory bank structure effectively doubles the memory available for packet storage. A packet memory arbitration scheme aligns access of devices reading and writing into packet memory allowing full-rate access to the packet memory. |
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