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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Venkatraman Iyer, Austin, TX (US);
Robert G. Blankenship, Tacoma, WA (US);
Allen J. Baum, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Venkatraman Iyer, Austin, TX (US);
Robert G. Blankenship, Tacoma, WA (US);
Allen J. Baum, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus relating to repurposing a data lane as a clock lane by migrating to reduced speed link operation are described. In one embodiment, speed of a link is reduced upon detection of failure on a clock lane of the link and one of a plurality of data lanes of a link is repurposed as a replacement clock lane. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.