Bandwidth configurable io connector
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJames E. Jaussi, Stephen R. Mooney, Bryan K. Casper, Howard L. Heck
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Abstract
Systems and methods of interconnecting devices may include an input/output (IO) interface having one or more device-side data lanes and transceiver logic to receive a bandwidth configuration command. The transceiver logic may also configure a transmit bandwidth of the one or more device-side data lanes based on the bandwidth configuration command. Additionally, the transceiver logic can configure a receive bandwidth of the one or more device-side data lanes based on the bandwidth configuration command.
Claims37
A system comprising:
- a host device to generate a bandwidth configuration command;
- and
- an input/output (IO) connector including one or more device-side data lanes and transceiver logic to,
- receive the bandwidth configuration command,
- configure a transmit bandwidth of the one or more device-side data lanes based on the bandwidth configuration command, and
- configure a receive bandwidth of the one or more device-side data lanes based on the bandwidth configuration command.
An input/output (IO) connector comprising:
- one or more device-side data lanes;
- and
- transceiver logic to,
- receive a bandwidth configuration command,
- configure a transmit bandwidth of the one or more device-side data lanes based on the bandwidth configuration command, and
- configure a receive bandwidth of the one or more device-side data lanes based on the bandwidth configuration command.
A computer implemented method comprising:
- issuing a bandwidth configuration command to an input/output (IO) connector including one or more device-side data lanes;
- configuring a transmit bandwidth of the one or more device-side data lanes based on the bandwidth configuration command;
- and
- configuring a receive bandwidth of the one or more device-side data lanes based on the bandwidth configuration command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.