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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 1/04 (2013.01); G06F 13/4221 (2013.01); G06F 13/4295 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract
An interface of a device is used to couple to another device and includes a set of data pins to support high speed data communication on an interconnect link between the devices based on an interconnect protocol. The interface further includes at least one auxiliary pin to support a particular signal defined by the interconnect protocol. The device is further configurated to generate hint data for use by the other device and send the hint data as a sideband signal to the other device over the auxiliary pin, where the sideband signal is distinct from signals defined for the auxiliary pin by the interconnect protocol.