Patent ID: 11924005
Assignee: ROCKPORT NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 1:
2. The dedicated network gateway device according to claim 1 wherein the at least one computation device comprises:
a direct interconnect device that is internally connected to the first port; and
a network controller device that is internally connected to the second port and internally connected to the direct interconnect device;
wherein the direct interconnect device comprises at least one of an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a general purpose processor, a network processor, and a network traffic forwarding device;
wherein the network controller device comprises at least one of an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a general purpose processor, a network processor, and a network traffic forwarding device; and
wherein the network controller device is capable of switching network traffic between the traditional network and the direct interconnect network without intervention by the host device.