Altera Corporation

Lambertus De Jong

James Tyson

Frederic Richard

A system includes a packet generator and a packet checker. The packet generator is operable to operable to generate a packet for transmission to a destination device. The packet includes a plurality of fields, including a code field that is operable to store a code generated based on an expected modification to the packet during transmission. The packet checker is associated with the destination device and is operable to receive the packet.

Packet communication testing apparatus and associated methods

Serial communications circuitry is provided that has bonded first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer circuitry. The circuitry may include state machine and barrel shifter circuitry that conveys data between the bonded FIFO circuitry and a bonded serial communications path. The bonded FIFO circuitry and the bonded lane may increase the efficiency of the serial communications circuitry by reducing the number of empty data bytes buffered in the FIFO circuitry and conveyed over the serial communications path.

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Lambertus De Jong