Intel Corporation

Sk Hynix Nand Product Solutions Corp.

Eng Hun Ooi

Robert J Royer, Jr

Kuan Hua Tan

Brian R Mcfarlane

Ang Li

Blaise B Fanning

Anoop Mukker

Chai Huat Gan

Ritesh B Trivedi

Ofir Degani

Nitin V Sarangdhar

Michael W Williams

Rotem Banin

Jeffrey R Wilcox

Elan Banin

Igal Kushnir

Eytan Mann

Amber D Huffman

Shahar Porat

Amir Israel Rubin

Mukesh Kataria

Ran Shimon

Yossi Tsfati

Ayal Eshkoli

Shrinivas Venkatraman

Dimpesh Patel

Ngek Leong Guok

Sahar Khalili

Ronen Gernizky

Ee Loon Teoh

Vladimir Volokitin

Elinor Kashani

Dmitry Felsenstein

Hormuzd M Khosravi

Christopher P Mozak

Su Wei Lim

Madhusudhan Rangarajan

Venkat R Gokulrangan

Thanunathan Rangarajan

David A Edwards

Nishi Ahuja

Tal Davidson

Robert W Cone

Roger K Cheng

Fei Deng

Serge Bedwani

Siang Lin Tan

Thien Ern Ooi

Prashanth Kalluraya

Kuan Hau Tan

Robert Royer

Jien Hau Ng

Tai Davidson

Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems and methods for emulating a PCIe root complex integrated endpoint. The systems and methods can include hardware logic implemented in a root complex system-on-chip and/or a connected device. The hardware can receive a request message to access one or more registers of a hardware device; determine that the request message includes a request to access one or more Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)-specific registers; and respond to the request message without providing information associated with the one or more PCIe-specific registers.

Root complex integrated endpoint emulation of a discreet PCIE endpoint

An apparatus for generating a data signal comprises a processing circuit configured to generate the data signal, the data signal comprising a sequence of a first signal edge of a first type, a second signal edge of a second type, and a third signal edge of the first type, the first signal edge and the second signal edge being separated by a first time period corresponding to first data to be transmitted, and the second signal edge and the third signal edge being separated by a second time period corresponding to second data to be transmitted. An output interface circuit is configured to output the data signal.

Time encoded data communication protocol, apparatus and method for generating and receiving a data signal

A multilevel memory system includes a nonvolatile memory (NVM) device with an NVM media having a media write unit that is different in size than a host write unit of a host controller of the system that has the multilevel memory system. The memory device includes a media controller that controls writes to the NVM media. The host controller sends a write transaction to the media controller. The write transaction can include the write data in host write units, while the media controller will commit data in media write units to the NVM media. The media controller can send a transaction message to indicate whether the write data for the write transaction was successfully committed to the NVM media.

End-to-end data protection for far memory data transfer from host to media

A device connected by a link to a host system can include a first port to receive a capability configuration message across a link and a message request receiving logic comprising hardware circuitry to identify a capability of the device identified in the capability configuration message, determine that the capability is to be presented or hidden from operation based on a capability hide enable bit in the capability configuration message, and configure a capability linked list to present or hide the capability based on the determination. The device can also include a message response generator logic comprising hardware circuitry to generate a response message indicating that the capability is to be presented or hidden from operation. The device can include a second port to transmit the response message across the link.

Dynamic presentation of interconnect protocol capability structures

Methods, apparatus, and systems for securely providing multiple wake-up time options for PCI Express (PCIe) devices. Under one approach, Vendor Define Messages (VDMs) are exchanged between a host application layer in a host and a device application layer in a PCIe endpoint device coupled to the host via a PCIe link to effect changes to the L1.2 Substate exit time of a PCIe device. Under another approach, Vendor-Specific Extended Capability (VSEC) structures are exchanged between a host application layer and a device application layer to effect the changes. The VDMs and VSEC structures may also be used to enable a host to read Tpower_on capability information defining power modes supported by a PCIe device. Additionally, VSEC implementations are provided that implement VSEC components in the PCIe device transaction layer or the PCIe device application layer.

Securely providing multiple wake-up time options for PCI Express

A handshake communication mechanism between a host and an end-point device permits multiple Base Address Registers (BAR registers) to be configured to size or resize the mapped address spaces associated with each BAR register. In one embodiment, the handshake communication mechanism includes a single address space reconfiguration request which may be transmitted in a single transaction layer packet, to request the configuration of multiple BAR registers of an end-point device. Other features and advantages may be realized, depending upon the particular application.

Memory resource allocation in an end-point device

In one embodiment, a link training controller is to train a link. The link training controller may be configured to: update a first link parameter of a link setting for the link to a first value; write data to the memory; read the data from the memory using the first value of the first link parameter; and in response to a determination that the data read from the memory does not match the data written to the memory, send an in-band link recovery command to the memory via the link to cause the memory to participate in a link recovery protocol with the apparatus. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

System, apparatus and method for recovering link state during link training

Systems and devices can include a power management controller to determine a low power mode exit timing from a plurality of low power mode exit timing options, and cause the setting of a low power mode control register based on the determined low power mode exit timing. A message generator can generate a power mode request message. The power mode request message indicating the determined low power mode exiting timing. The power mode request message can be transmitted to a host across a multilane link.

Providing multiple low power link state wake-up options

Apparatuses, storage media and methods associated with data transfer, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for computing comprises: a commit generator and a media write generator. The commit generator is arranged to generate commit indicators correspondingly associated with media slices of a storage media to respectively denote to a storage media controller of the storage media whether to proceed with writing the media slices into the storage media. The media write generator is arranged provide data chunks of the media slices to be written into the storage media, and the associated commit indicators to the storage media controller. A size of each data chunk is smaller than a size of each media slice. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Data transfer method and apparatus for differential data granularities

The present disclosure provides devices and techniques to dynamically change the operating frequency of an interface where components on the interface have non-common clocks. An interface component may be provided with a frequency negotiation component to negotiate a shift in an operating frequency with other component on an interface where the different components have non-common clocks.

Dynamic adaptive clocking for non-common-clock interfaces

Apparatus, systems, and methods to manage memory latency operations are described. In one embodiment, an electronic device comprises a processor and a memory control logic to receive data from a remote memory device, store the data in a local cache memory, receive an error correction code indicator associated with the data, and implement a data management policy in response to the error correction code indicator. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Memory latency management

A hardware platform includes a nonvolatile storage device that can store system firmware as well as code for the primary operating system for the hardware platform. The hardware platform includes a controller that determines the hardware platform lacks functional firmware to boot the primary operating system from the storage device. The controller accesses a firmware image from an external interface that interfaces a device external to the hardware platform, where the external device is a firmware image source. The controller provisions the firmware from the external device to the storage device and initiates a boot sequence from the provisioned firmware.

In-system provisioning of firmware for a hardware platform

A method is described that includes choosing between one of two different ways to cause a memory device to enter a specific one of multiple lower power states that each comprise lower power consumption than a highest low power state. The method also includes asserting a first signal on a first signal line that is coupled to a power management controller of the memory device to indicate to the power management controller that a sideband channel of a memory bus that is coupled to the memory device is activated. The method also includes causing the memory device to enter the specific one of the multiple lower power states by also performing the chosen one of a) sending an in-band signal on said memory bus coupled with said asserting of said first signal, said in-band signal specifying the specific one of the multiple lower power states; or, b) sending a second signal on a second signal line that identifies the specific one of the multiple lower power states.

Power control of a memory device through a sideband channel of a memory bus

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