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Apparatus and method for hardware implementation or acceleration of operating system functions

  • US 20050021764A1
  • Filed: 07/12/2004
  • Published: 01/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for handling service requests over a network, wherein the network utilizes a protocol, the apparatus comprising:

  • a network subsystem (a) for receiving, via a network receive interface, service requests using the network protocol and forwarding such requests to a service output and (b) for receiving, via a service input, data to satisfy network requests and transmitting, via a network transmit interface, such data using the network protocol; and

    a service subsystem having (a) a service request receive interface coupled to the service output of the network subsystem and (b) a service request transmit interface coupled to the service input of the network subsystem for delivering data to the network subsystem satisfying the network service requests;

    so that a first data path runs in a first direction from the network receive interface though the network subsystem via the service output to the service subsystem and a second data path runs in a second direction from the service subsystem into the network subsystem at the service input and through the network subsystem to the network transmit interface.

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