Patents Assigned to Sifera, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6223242
    Abstract: A crossbar routing arrangement is disclosed for use in a digital system having three or more buses. An associated method is also disclosed. The routing arrangement is configured for transferring a set of data received from any particular one of the buses to any other selected one of the buses and includes a control arrangement associated with each bus for dividing the set of data into at least first and second subsets of data and for adding self-routing signals to each data subset which signals identify the selected bus. A switching arrangement is configured for directing the first and second data subsets in a predetermined way responsive to the self-routing signals. The control arrangement cooperates with the switching arrangement to transfer the data subsets over physically distinct data transfer paths defined between the switching arrangement and the control arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Sifera, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Sheafor, Christopher Koerner, Bradford C. Lincoln, Robert Sugar, Jonathan L. Huie