Patent ID: 9444757
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of updating configuration data of a network computer processor implemented in an integrated circuit chip, the network computer processor having a control processor, one or more hardware accelerators, and at least one shared memory shared between the control processor and one or more hardware accelerators, the method comprising: writing, by the control processor of the network computer processor, updated configuration data to the at least one shared memory; sending, by the control processor, a configuration update request to one or more of the hardware accelerators, wherein the configuration update request corresponds to updated configuration data stored in the at least one share memory; determining whether the configuration update request corresponds to settings of a given one of the hardware accelerators; when the configuration update request corresponds to settings of a given one of the hardware accelerators: otherwise, when the configuration update request corresponds to configuration data stored in the at least one shared memory: