VIRTUAL CHANNEL PACKET PROCESSING IN DIGITAL INTERFACES

Abstract

A buffer management system receives packet data associated with a first packet characteristic of a plurality of packet characteristics of a plurality of packets transmitted via a digital interface. The packet data is stored in a first input accumulator of a plurality of input accumulators of the buffer management system. The first input accumulator corresponds to the first packet characteristic. A threshold quantity of packet data is obtained from the first input accumulator responsive to determining that the threshold quantity of packet data is accumulated in the first input accumulator. The threshold quantity of packet data is stored in a line of a shared buffer for the plurality of packets transmitted via the digital interface. The shared buffer is associated with the plurality of packet characteristics.

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