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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2022
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Tony Brewer, Plano, TX (US);
David Patrick, McKinney, TX (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A credit return field is used in a credit-based flow control system to indicate that one or more credits are being returned to a sending device from a receiving device. Based on the number of credits available, the sending device determines whether to send device or wait until more credits are returned. A write enable mask allows a wide data field to be used even when a smaller amount of data is to be written. A novel data packet uses a combined write enable mask and credit return field. In one mode, the field contains a write enable mask. In another mode, the field contains credit return data. If the field contains credit return data, a default value (e.g., all ones) is used for the write enable mask. The mode may be selected based on another value in the data packet.