HIGH SPEED SWITCHING DEVICE

摘要

A router (20) for switching a data packet between a source (10) and destination (30) in a network including a plurality of input ports each including a data handler. The data handler divides a data packet into one or more fixed length cells. The router (20) includes a plurality of output ports at least one of which is for routing the data packet to the destination (30) and a memory divided into a plurality of memory banks. An input switch receives fixed length cells from the input ports and writes a single output switch routes cells received from the memory to an appropriate output port.