Patent ID: 8175095
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) array, comprising: three or more ASIC devices, each having at least a first serial connection and a second serial connection, wherein a first serial connection of a first one of the ASIC devices is coupled to a first serial connection on a second one of the ASIC devices to form a first serial data communication link, a second serial connection of the first one of the three or more ASIC devices is coupled to a first serial connection of a third one of the three or more other ASIC devices to form a second serial data communication link, and a second serial connection of the second one of the three or more ASIC devices is coupled to a second serial connection of the third one of the three or more ASIC devices to form a third serial data communication link; and a data packet creation system for transferring data packets between the ASIC devices over the first serial data communication link, the data packet creation system being configured to create a data packet with data from one of the ASIC devices and send it to a destination when it receives a data ready signal from the destination, wherein the data packet creation system is configured to create data packets of any size not limited by pre-selected size ranges and wherein a size of a data packet is solely determined by an amount of data received by the data packet creation system when it receives the data ready signal from the destination and is not dependent on pre-selected size ranges or any other factor.