Integrated circuit device and methods for performing cut-through forwarding

摘要

An integrated circuit device comprising at least one cut-through forwarding module. The cut-through forwarding module comprises at least one receiver component arranged to receive data to be forwarded, and to generate a request for transmission of a block of data upon receipt thereof, and at least one controller unit arranged to execute at least one thread for processing requests generated by the at least one receiver component. The at least one controller unit is arranged to set a priority context for the at least one thread, and to schedule an execution of the at least one thread based at least partly on the priority context therefor.

主权项

1. An integrated circuit device comprising:
at least one cut-through forwarding module, the cut-through forwarding module comprising:
at least one receiver component arranged to receive data to be forwarded, and to generate a request for transmission of a block of data upon receipt thereof; andat least one controller unit arranged to execute at least one thread for processing requests generated by the at least one receiver component, wherein the at least one controller unit is arranged set a priority context for the at least one thread, and to schedule an execution of the at least one thread based at least partly on the priority context therefore; wherein the cut-through forwarding module begins forwarding the block of data before a frame of data comprising the block of data has been received in its entirety by the cut-through forwarding module.