COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC PROCESSING ARCHITECTURES AND METHODS

摘要

Communication traffic processing architectures and methods are disclosed. Processing load on main Central Processing Units (CPUs) can be alleviated by offloading data processing tasks to separate hardware.

主权项

1. An integrated processing system comprising, in an integrated circuit package:
a main processor to perform protocol management tasks associated with management or control packets in a packet-based protocol according to which data packets are received from an external component outside the integrated processing system; an offload subsystem to perform data processing tasks for data packets received according to the packet-based protocol;
an interface to enable communication with the external component; andan interconnect coupled to the main processor, to the offload subsystem, and to the interface, the interconnect enabling both the main processor and the offload subsystem to communicate with the external component through the interface.