Editing Load-balanced switch (section)

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A '''load-balanced switch''' is a switch architecture which guarantees 100% [[throughput]] with no [[central arbitration]] at all, at the cost of sending each packet across the crossbar twice.  Load-balanced switches are a subject of research for large routers scaled past the point of practical central arbitration.{{Vague|date=January 2009}}