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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Malay Trivedi, Chandler, AZ (US);
Mohan K. Nair, Portland, OR (US);
Joseph Murray, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Devadatta V. Bodas, Federal Way, WA (US);
James W. Alexander, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Vijayendra K. Hoskoti, Chandler, AZ (US);
Malay Trivedi, Chandler, AZ (US);
Mohan K. Nair, Portland, OR (US);
Joseph Murray, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Devadatta V. Bodas, Federal Way, WA (US);
James W. Alexander, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Vijayendra K. Hoskoti, Chandler, AZ (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments help dynamically configure the width of PCIe links and also determine how to best configure the appropriate link width. This helps avoid situations where PCIe links are almost always active even at very low traffic rates. Embodiments achieve these benefits based on, for example, run-time monitoring of bandwidth requirement for integrated and non-integrated ports located downstream for the PCIe controller. This provides power savings with little impact on performance. Other embodiments are discussed herein.