Hardware device data buffer
One embodiment includes a system comprising a processor configured to read and write data packets via a data bus to and from at least one additional hardware device. The system also comprises a data buffer configured to store a plurality of consecutive related flits associated with at least one of t...
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Format | Patent |
Language | English |
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24.08.2010
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Summary: | One embodiment includes a system comprising a processor configured to read and write data packets via a data bus to and from at least one additional hardware device. The system also comprises a data buffer configured to store a plurality of consecutive related flits associated with at least one of the data packets in one of a plurality of addressable locations of the data buffer. The system further comprises a pointer memory configured to store a respective pointer associated with each of the plurality of addressable locations of the data buffer. |
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