A Chipset for Scalable QoS-Preserving Protocol-Independent Packet Switch Fabrics
01 January 2001
The Protocol Independent switch fabric is a 128-Gbps solution to provide per-flow Quality of Service (QoS) in the next-generation Internet. The VLSI challenges that we have solved stemmed from the large number of QoS channels that have to be managed, the sophisticated scheduling algorithm used, and the need of relaxing the synchronization requirements of the chips in the systems.