Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Multiple network interconnecting
Patent
1997-12-19
2000-01-04
Coleman, Eric
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Multiple network interconnecting
709251, G06F 1300
Patent
active
060120991
ABSTRACT:
A single-chip, network interface controller (NIC) integrated circuit (IC) with a host interface and arbiter common to two 10BASE-T ETHERNET local area network (LAN) segments with respective unshielded twisted pair interfaces, encoder-decoders, medium access controllers, first-in first-out register memory arrays, and buffer management. Source-address and destination-address content addressable memories are connected to respective MAC receivers in the medium access controllers to both learn the addresses of network clients on the two segments and then to transparently bridge packets between the LAN segments. The NIC effectively increases the bandwidth of a server connection to the thus unified network.
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Coleman Eric
Sony Corporation
Sony Electronics Inc.
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