Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for retaining packet order in multiprocessor
systems utilizing multiple transmit queues are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the present …

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for retaining packet order in multiprocessor
systems utilizing multiple transmit queues while minimizing spinlocks are disclosed herein …

The present invention provides systems for improved quality of service and traffic
management in network routers and other devices. This is achieved, according to one …

The invention is directed to apparatus and methods for periodic load balancing in a multiple
run queue System. 2. Description of Related Art Multiple processor Systems are generally …

the present invention pertains generally to computing systems. More specifically, the present
invention relates to a providing access to shared resources in a computing system such as …

Methods and apparatus for interleaved Weighted fair data packet queue sequencing are
disclosed. An interleaving table speci? es a queue sequence. A queue sequencer folloWs …

An apparatus and methods for periodic load balancing in a multiple run queue system are
provided. The apparatus includes a controller, memory, initial load balancing device, idle …

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for processing packets, for example, using a high
performance massively parallel packet processing architecture, distributing packets or …

Apparatus and methods for load balancing fixed priority threads in a multiprocessor system
are provided. The apparatus and methods of the present invention identify unbound fixed …

A processing system comprises processing circuitry and memory circuitry coupled to the
processing circuitry. The memory circuitry is configurable to maintain at least one queue …