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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Lyonel Renaud, Gilbert, AZ (US);
David M. Puffer, Tempe, AZ (US);
Sarath Kotamreddy, Chandler, AZ (US);
Suneel G. Mitbander, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Lyonel Renaud, Gilbert, AZ (US);
David M. Puffer, Tempe, AZ (US);
Sarath Kotamreddy, Chandler, AZ (US);
Suneel G. Mitbander, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A stream of bits are received in a first integrated circuit (IC) device, where the stream represents a sequence of symbols transmitted by a second IC device over a serial point to point link that couples the two devices. First and second M-bit sections of the stream are compared to a non-data symbol. The second M-bit section is offset by one bit in the stream relative to the first section. If there is a match between the first section and the non-data symbol, then a flag indicating symbol alignment is asserted. Each of multiple, consecutive, non overlapping M-bit sections that follow the first section are then to be treated as separate symbols. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.