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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
Yuanlong Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian R. Biard, Alameda County, CA (US);
Daniel Fu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Earl T. Cohen, Fremont, CA (US);
Carl G. Amdahl, Alameda County, CA (US);
Conexant Systems, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A preferred embodiment of a symmetric multiprocessor system includes a switched fabric (switch matrix) for data transfers that provides multiple concurrent buses that enable greatly increased bandwidth between processors and shared memory. A high-speed point-to-point Channel couples command initiators and memory with the switch matrix and with I/O subsystems. Each end of a channel is connected to a Channel Interface Block (CIB). The CIB presents a logical interface to the Channel, providing a communication path to and from a CIB in another IC. CIB logic presents a similar interface between the CIB and the core-logic and between the CIB and the Channel transceivers. A channel transport protocol is is implemented in the CIB to reliably transfer data from one chip to another in the face of errors and limited buffering.