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US 2003/0126281 A1Published application
Communicating transaction types between agents in a computer system using packet headers including an extended type/extended length field
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorDavid Harriman
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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 an extended type/extended length field that extends either a type field or a length field depending on the value of the type field. The extended type/extended length field extends the length field when the type field indicates a memory read request transaction.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a data path output unit to output a packet header, the packet header including a first field to extend one of a second field or a third field depending on the contents of the second field.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a data path input unit to receive a packet header, the packet header including a first field to extend one of a second field or a third field depending on the contents of the second field.
A system, comprising:
- a transmitting device to transmit a packet header, the packet header including a first field to extend one of a second field or a third field depending on the contents of the second field;
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- a receiving device couple to the transmitting device, the receiving device to receive the packet header.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.