Abstract: The present invention relates to a buffered crossbar switch and its method of operation which provides a step of changing the size and/or number of queuing buffer entries to ensure optimum buffer memory usage independent of the size of data packets processed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 30, 2002
Date of Patent:
March 25, 2008
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Gottfried Andreas Goldrian, Bernd Leppla, Norbert Schumacher