Patent ID: 6766381
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
Apparatus comprising:a semiconductor substrate; inbound data flow logic fabricated on said substrate and responsive to information units flowing inbound to the apparatus from a network address; partitioning logic fabricated on said substrate and operatively connected to said inbound data flow logic to receive information units therefrom and partition the information units into predetermined sectors; inbound system interface logic fabricated on said substrate and operatively connected to said partitioning logic to receive sectors of information units therefrom; a first input/output port fabricated on said substrate; first high speed interface logic fabricated on said substrate and operatively connected to said inbound system logic and said first input/output port to pass sectors of information units from said inbound system logic to said first input/output port; a second input/output port fabricated on said substrate; second high speed interface logic fabricated on said substrate and operatively connected to said second input/output port to receive therefrom sectors of information units outbound from the apparatus to a network address; outbound system interface logic fabricated on said substrate and operatively connected to said second high speed interface logic to receive sectors of information units therefrom; completion logic fabricated on said substrate and operatively connected to said outbound system interface logic to receive sectors of information units therefrom and to combine received sectors with previously partitioned sectors and form information units flowing outbound from the apparatus to a network address; and an embedded processor complex fabricated on said substrate and operatively connected to said inbound data flow logic, said partitioning logic, said inbound system interface logic, said outbound system interface logic and said completion logic to control the operation thereof in passing information units through the apparatus.