Inventors:
Shimon Muller - Sunnyvale CA, US
Ariel Hendel - Cupertino CA, US
Yatin Gajjar - Fremont CA, US
Michael Wong - Cupertino CA, US
Andreas Bechtolsheim - Stanford CA, US
David Cheriton - Palo Alto CA, US
Mohammad Issa - Los Altos CA, US
Aly Orady - Sunnyvale CA, US
Raju Penumatcha - Fremont CA, US
Assignee:
Oracle America, Inc. - Redwood City CA
International Classification:
H04L 12/28
Abstract:
A network system which includes a plurality of separate processing entities, an input output bus, and a network interface unit shared among the plurality of separate processing entities is disclosed. The network interface unit is coupled to the plurality of separate processing entities via the input output bus. The network interface unit has a plurality of memory access channels and each memory access channel is assigned to one processing entity.