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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2003
David C. Nadell, San Jose, CA (US);
Satishkumar P. Sampath, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ronald L. Dammann, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David C. Nadell, San Jose, CA (US);
Satishkumar P. Sampath, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ronald L. Dammann, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an interconnect device (e.g., a switch) includes an interface operably coupled to an interconnect logic capable of reducing inter-packet gaps in packet -based input/output communications. Based on, at least in part, a packet attribute associated with an inbound packet, the interconnect logic may determine an indication of transfer grant which may be issued in conjunction with a packet relay request, sending packet attribute information in advance of the packet attribute.