Fast pattern processor including a function interface system

A fast pattern processor having an internal function bus and an external function bus. In one embodiment, a fast pattern processor includes: (1) an internal function bus, (2) an external function bus, (3) a context memory having a block buffer and a argument signature register wherein the block buff...

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Hauptverfasser: Bennett, Victor A, Brown, David A, McGee, Sean W, Sonnier, David P, Zsohar, Leslie
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A fast pattern processor having an internal function bus and an external function bus. In one embodiment, a fast pattern processor includes: (1) an internal function bus, (2) an external function bus, (3) a context memory having a block buffer and a argument signature register wherein the block buffer includes processing blocks associated with a protocol data unit (PDU), (4) a pattern processing engine, associated with the context memory, that performs pattern matching and (5) a function interface system having (5A) a controller arbitration subsystem and (5B) a dispatch subsystem.