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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Venkatraman Iyer, Ausin, TX (US);
Darren S. Jue, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert G. Blankenship, Tacoma, WA (US);
Fulvio Spagna, San Jose, CA (US);
Debendra Das Sharma, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey C. Swanson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A periodic control window is embedded in a link layer data stream to be sent over a serial data link, where the control window is configured to provide physical layer information including information for use in initiating state transitions on the data link. The link layer data can be sent during a link transmitting state of the data link and the control window can interrupt the sending of flits. In one aspect, the information includes link width transition data indicating an attempt to change the number of active lanes on the link.