FlexPath NP - A network processor concept with application-driven flexible processing paths

CODES+ISSS 2005 - International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 279-284

  Ohlendorf, Rainer ^a   Herkersdorf, Andreas ^a   Wild, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Application specific architectures; Dynamically reconfigurable processors; Hardware accelerators; IP networking; Network processors

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS;

DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSORS; HARDWARE ACCELERATORS; IP NETWORKING; NETWORK PROCESSORS;

PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

EID: 27644529277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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