Patent ID: 7200714
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A packet co-processing system for improving the performance of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), the system comprising: a set of N search engines, logically disposed so as to form a chain of search engines, said set of search engines including: wherein N is an integer=2, and wherein each particular search engine in said chain of search engines includes: wherein said chain is further configured such that each output unit of each said intermediate search engine, and at least one output unit of said first search engine and said terminal search engine, output said associated data to an adjacent search engine in said chain, and wherein said chain is further configured such that said input selector of each said intermediate search engine, and at least one input selector of said first search engine and said terminal search engine, output a second set of fields, including at least a portion of said first set of fields, to an adjacent search engine in said chain.