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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Sam C. Wood, Suwanee, GA (US);
Robert J. Caesar, Jr., Berkeley Lake, GA (US);
Inventors:
Sam C. Wood, Suwanee, GA (US);
Robert J. Caesar, Jr., Berkeley Lake, GA (US);
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2006.01); H03M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for supporting PCI Express is disclosed. A physical layer has a PCI Express interface for receiving data from a PCI Express compatible communication medium. The data is in the form of a packet. A data link layer is disclosed for verifying a CRC value and a sequence number received within the packet. A transaction layer is disclosed for receiving the packet from the data link layer and for processing thereof. The transaction layer processes at least some of the packet data in parallel to the data link layer.