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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2012
Applicants:
Wei-je Huang, Fremont, CA (US);
Dennis MA, Austin, TX (US);
Hitendra Dutt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/385 (2013.01);
Abstract
A processing unit exchanges data with another processing unit across a data connector that supports a particular communication protocol. When the communication protocol is updated to support a new packet type, a specification of that new packet type may be stored within software registers included within the processing unit. Under circumstances that require the use of the new packet type, packet generation logic may read the packet specification of the new packet type, then generate and transmit a packet of the new type.