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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Kyutaeg OH, San Ramon, CA (US);
Conrad A. Maxwell, Herriman, UT (US);
Inventors:
Kyutaeg Oh, San Ramon, CA (US);
Conrad A. Maxwell, Herriman, UT (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Image, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mechanism for facilitating configuration of port-type Peripheral Component Interconnect Express/Serial Advanced Technology Attachment host controller architecture is described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a plurality of PHYs to be used as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) ports and Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) ports, and logic to facilitate swapping of one or more of the plurality of PHYs between being the PCIe ports and the SATA ports.