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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2017
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Amit Kumar Srivastava, Penang, MY;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a first controller to couple to an interconnect to which a plurality of devices may be coupled, the first controller to communicate first information via the interconnect according to the native communication protocol; a first transceiver to drive the first information onto a first line of the interconnect; a second transceiver to drive a clock signal onto a second line of the interconnect; and a second controller to communicate second information via the interconnect. In an embodiment, the native communication protocol is a single-ended communication protocol and the second controller is to communicate the second information differentially via the interconnect. Other embodiments are described and claimed.