公开(公告)号：US20170017568A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-19

申请号：US15192517

申请日：2016-06-24

Applicant: INNOVIUM, INC.

Inventor： AVINASH GYANENDRA MANI ,  MOHAMMAD K. ISSA ,  NEIL BARRETT

IPC: G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/06

CPC classification number: G06F12/023 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F12/0623 ,  G06F2212/1016 ,  G06F2212/1032 ,  G06F2212/251 ,  Y02D10/13

Abstract: A memory system for a network device is described. The memory system includes a main memory configured to store one or more data elements. Further, the memory system includes a link memory that is configured to maintain one or more pointers to interconnect the one or more data elements stored in the main memory. The memory system also includes a free-entry manager that is configured to generate an available bank set including one or more locations in the link memory. In addition, the memory system includes a context manager that is configured to maintain metadata for a list of the one or more data elements.