Integrated circuit device and method of performing cut-through forwarding of packet data
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1. An integrated circuit device comprising:
- a cut-through forwarding module comprising;
at least one receiver component arranged to receive data to be forwarded;
at least one transmitter component arranged to transmit data stored within at least one transmitter buffer thereof; and
at least one delimiter component arranged to trigger a transmission of frame data within the at least one transmitter buffer, upon receipt of a first number and a second number of data elements of a respective data frame by the at least one receiver component, the first number of data elements comprising a first predefined integer value and the second number of data elements comprising a second predefined integer value.
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Abstract
An integrated circuit device includes a cut-through forwarding module. The cut-through forwarding module includes at least one receiver component arranged to receive data to be forwarded, and at least one transmitter component arranged to transmit data stored within at least one transmitter buffer thereof. The cut-through forwarding module further includes at least one delimiter component arranged to trigger a transmission of frame data within the at least one transmitter buffer, upon receipt of a first number elements of a respective data frame by the at least one receiver component, the first number of data elements comprising a first predefined integer value.
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1. An integrated circuit device comprising:
a cut-through forwarding module comprising; at least one receiver component arranged to receive data to be forwarded; at least one transmitter component arranged to transmit data stored within at least one transmitter buffer thereof; and at least one delimiter component arranged to trigger a transmission of frame data within the at least one transmitter buffer, upon receipt of a first number and a second number of data elements of a respective data frame by the at least one receiver component, the first number of data elements comprising a first predefined integer value and the second number of data elements comprising a second predefined integer value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of performing cut-through forwarding of packet data, the method comprising, within a cut-through forwarding module:
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receiving frame data to be forwarded; and triggering the transmission of frame data upon receipt of a first number and a second number of data elements of a respective data frame, the first number of data elements comprising a first predefined integer value and the second number of data elements comprising a second predefined integer value. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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