Patents Examined by Vitalki Korobov
  • Patent number: 8713128
    Abstract: In various embodiments of a method and system for utilizing native Ethernet as a virtual memory interconnect, a first networking device may be operable to transcode a memory read command and/or a memory write command to memory access information and encapsulate the memory access information within in one or more fields of an Ethernet frame. The memory access information may be communicated over an Ethernet link to a second networking device where it may be utilized to access memory that is associated with the memory read command and/or the memory write command. For example, the memory access information may indicate an address of the memory to be accessed, whether a read operation and/or a write operation is to be performed, whether the frame comprises data to be written to the memory, and/or whether a locally administered address space is utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Johas Teener, Bruce Currivan, Wael William Diab, Jeyhan Karaoguz, Yongbum Kim, Kenneth Ma