Intel Corporation

Jennifer Wang

Aniruddha P Joshi

Peter Munguia

Nai-Chih Chang

Alejandro Lenero Beracoechea

Steven Bernard McGowan

Robert Edward Burton

Gabriele Boschi

Alessandro Campinoti

Divya Gupta

Beracoecha Alejandro Lenero

Yew-Kee E Wong

In embodiments, a system may comprise a circuit component to perform a function; and a supervisor component (e.g., a safety component) coupled to the circuit component to monitor proper functioning of the circuit component. The circuit component may be configured to initiate provision of diagnostic information to the supervisor component, or to indicate to the safety component whether the circuit component will be responsive to a query from the safety component for diagnostic information.

Electronic component monitoring method and apparatus

Examples are disclosed for automatic downstream to upstream mode switching at a universal serial bus (USB) physical (PHY) layer including activating a switching structure to switch a USB port operating in a downstream mode to an upstream mode based on an attempted attachment by another USB port also operating in a downstream mode. The examples may also include facilitating attachment of the switched USB port now operating in the upstream mode to the other USB port operating in the downstream mode.

Automatic downstream to upstream mode switching at a universal serial bus physical layer

A signal transmission system includes a controller interface, a protocol engine to convert data based on at least one protocol, and a common protocol interface coupled between the controller interface and the protocol engine. The controller interface includes or is coupled to a common dispatcher, and the data is to be transmitted between the controller interface and protocol engine through the common protocol interface and common dispatcher. The same protocol engine may convert data into different protocols, with all of the converted data be transmitted to or received from the controller interface through the common dispatcher and common protocol interface.

Common protocol engine interface for a controller interface

Systems and methods of operating root hub host controllers provide for determining, at a protocol engine having a dedicated port, a speed of a device in response to a coupling of the device to the dedicated port. Data transfer can occur at a second speed between software interface logic of the host controller and the protocol engine, and at the first speed between the protocol engine and the device via the dedicated port, wherein the second speed is greater than the first speed. In addition, data may be transferred in unicast transactions in which no split tokens are exchanged.

Root hub virtual transaction translator

A system to monitor performance of a computing device includes a first bridge to interface with a first set of devices, and a second bridge to interface with a second set of devices. Configuration registers store configuration data associated with the second set of devices, and are accessible through the second bridge. A hub interface allows data to transfer downstream from the first bridge to the second bridge, and allows data to transfer upstream from the second bridge to the first bridge. A controller, external to the first and second bridges, accesses the configuration registers via the second bridge. A logic device allows the second bridge to send data to, and receive data from, the controller.

Method and apparatus for generating traffic in an electronic bridge via a local controller

Method and apparatus for system management applications using a local controller

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system event log for a computer system. The system event log may comprise a RAM coupled to a system bus. The system event log may be configured to record information in the RAM corresponding to bus transactions on the system bus. The information may be used to de-bug system problems.

Method and system to implement a system event log for system manageability

Embodiments of the invention provide a status register for each channel of a DMA controller. The status register may be used to monitor and record events that occur during DMA data transfers, including timeouts and aborts.

Method and system for monitoring DMA status

The present invention relates to a system and method to implement a cost-effective remote system management mechanism using a serial communication controller and interrupts. The system includes a requesting device operatively coupled to a network to send a status query through a serial port in the requesting device. The system further includes a responding device operatively coupled to the network to receive the status query from the requesting device. The status query inquires about operational status of the responding device. The responding device receives the status query through a serial port in the responding device, processes the status query, and reports the operational status through the serial port in the responding device to the requesting device in response to the status query sent by the requesting device.

System and method to implement a cost-effective remote system management mechanism using a serial communication controller and interrupts

According to one embodiment of the invention, a first signal line is provided for a serial interface unit (SIU) of an I/O controller to report interrupt requests to an interrupt controller. In one embodiment, a transition of the first signal line from a first level (e.g., low level or logic 0) to a second level (e.g., high level or logic 1) indicates a pending interrupt to the interrupt controller. A pull up resistor is provided to pull the first signal line to the second level when the first signal line is not driven by the SIU. In response to detecting an interrupt request initiated by an I/O device, a transition from the first level to the second level is generated on the first signal line for a predetermined duration to report the pending interrupt request to the interrupt controller.

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Tempe, AZ, United States of America

Jennifer Wang