Patent ID: 7689757
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. Circuitry comprising an ASIC device, said ASIC device comprising: a packet router contained entirely within said ASIC device, said packet router having multiple reader interfaces configured as packet sources and multiple writer interfaces configured as packet destinations and being configured to determine a packet destination for a given data packet from a routing code contained in a header of said given data packet; a first function or module coupled to a first reader interface and a first writer interface of said packet router, said first function or module being contained entirely within said ASIC device; and a second function or module coupled to a second reader interface and a second writer interface of said packet router, said second function or module being contained entirely within said ASIC device; wherein said packet router is further configured to transfer data packets between said first function or module of said ASIC device and said second function or module of said ASIC device by: