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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2016
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rahul R. Shah, Marlborough, MA (US);
William R. Halleck, Lancaster, MA (US);
Fulvio Spagna, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkatraman Iyer, Round Rock, TX (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes an agent to facilitate communication in one of two or more modes, where a first of the two or more modes involves communication over links including a first number of lanes and a second of the two or more modes involves communication over links including a second number of lanes, and the first number is greater than the second number. The apparatus further includes a memory including data to indicate which of the two or modes applies to a particular link and a multiplexer to reverse lane numbering on links including either the first number of lanes or the second number of lanes.