High-speed switches are increasingly required in high-bandwidth applications. In the face of constantly changing networking standards, FPGAs offer switch designers flexibility and adaptability. FPGAs with expanded memory capacity, such as Virtex-E Extended Memory (Virtex-EM) devices, are ideally suited for scalable, fast switches. This document discusses a high-speed buffered crossbar switch that effectively addresses each of these concerns.
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