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US 2003/0126274 A1Published application
Communicating transaction types between agents in a computer system using packet headers including format and type fields
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsDavid Harriman, Jasmin Ajanovic
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Abstract
A transmitting device and a receiving device are coupled via a high-speed serial interface within a computer system. The transmitting device transmits a packet that includes a format field to partially specify the packet header format and a type field to specify a transaction type. The format field and the type field together specify the packet header format and the format field indicates the size of the packet header.
Claims16
An apparatus, comprising:
- a data path output unit to output a packet header, the packet header including:
- a format field to partially specify the packet header format;
- and
- a type field to specify a transaction type.
1 more element
An apparatus, comprising:
- a data path input unit to receive a packet header, the packet header including:
- a format field to partially specify the packet header format;
- and
- a type field to specify a transaction type.
1 more element
An system, comprising:
- a transmitting device to transmit a packet header, the packet header including a format field to partially specify the packet header format and a type field to specify a transaction type;
- and
- a receiving device couple to the transmitting device, the receiving device to receive the packet header.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.