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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2015
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Albert S. Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods associated with distributing congestion information in a switch are provided. In embodiments, the switch includes a plurality of ports arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The switch further includes a plurality of daisy-chain buses, individual daisy-chain buses coupling the ports of a respective row to one another in a daisy-chain. The switch further includes a plurality of column buses, individual column buses coupling an individual port of the plurality of ports to the other ports of the respective column. Individual ports of a respective row receive congestion information from the other ports of the row via the respective daisy-chain bus and pass the congestion information to the other ports of the respective column via the respective column bus. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.