2.1 Introduction2.2 Switch Fabric Design Fundamentals2.3 Types of Blocking in Switch Fabrics2.4 Emerging Requirements for High-Performance Switch Fabrics2.5 Shared Bus Fabric2.6 Hierarchical Bus-Based Architecture2.7 Distributed Output Buffered Fabric2.8 Shared Memory Switch Fabric2.9 Shared Ring Fabric2.10 Electronic Design Problems