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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Paul Miranda, Austin, TX (US);
Larry D. Hewitt, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Paul Miranda, Austin, TX (US);
Larry D. Hewitt, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique for negotiating the width of a link between a first device and a second device includes detecting, during initialization, a respective signal on one or more control lines associated with at least a portion of an N-bit link. The N-bit link is configured as a single link having a width of N or multiple sublinks having a width less than N based on a respective value of the respective signal on the one or more control lines.