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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
Applicant:
Charles P. Geer, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventor:
Charles P. Geer, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for aligning data sequentially received on multiple single-byte data paths are provided. A sufficient number of bytes received in each channel may be stored (e.g., buffered) and examined to properly match data from each single-byte path. Once matched, the data may be output in a proper order on the multi-byte interface, for example, via some type of multiplexor arrangement. Furthermore, alignment operations may be performed in such a way so as to reduce the latencies involved in aligning data.