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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2003
Muthu Venkatachalam, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Daniel G. Borkowski, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Muthu Venkatachalam, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Daniel G. Borkowski, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to control interaction between two multi-threaded processor engines is presented. A first multi-threaded processor engine is configured for connection to a serial link, and performs receive and transmit operations in a first 'PHY' mode of operation. A second multi-threaded processor engine is operable to process data received by the first multi-threaded processor over the serial link and to provide the processed data to the first multi-threaded processor engine for transmission over the serial link, when the first multi-threaded processor operates in the PHY mode. Additionally, the first multi-threaded processor engine is configured to execute certain operations, e.g., hardware accelerator operations, at the request of the second multi-threaded processor engine in a second 'co-processor' mode of operation.