Patent ID: 11888691
Assignee: INNOVIUM, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 2:
3. The network apparatus of claim 1, wherein each writer that has a data unit portion to write in a particular memory access cycle is configured to:
select a column of the grid to write the data unit portion to based on, for a TDU to which the data unit portion belongs, the number of portions of the TDU that have already been written to the buffer;
identify, as blocked for the writer, any rows of the grid in which the bank at the selected column already stores another portion of the TDU;
coordinate via an allocation mechanism to select a row for the writer that is not blocked for the writer and that is not being accessed in the particular memory access cycle by another writer or the reader;
write the data unit portion to a memory bank of the buffer at the selected column and row of the grid.