Method, apparatus and system for configuring a protocol stack of an integrated circuit chip

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9734116
APP PUB NO 20150269108A1
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14658021

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Techniques and mechanisms for configuring an integrated circuit (IC) chip to implement a protocol stack. In an embodiment, a transaction layer of the IC chip is operable to exchange with a link layer of the IC chip transaction layer packets (TLPs) having a format compatible with one defined in a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express™ (PCIe™) specification. Configuration circuitry of the IC chip provides for configuration of a first protocol stack including the transaction layer, circuitry of the link layer and a first physical layer of the IC chip. The configuration circuitry further provides for an alternative configuration of a second protocol stack including the transaction layer, circuitry of the link layer and a second physical layer of the IC chip. In another embodiment, the first protocol stack supports single-ended signaling to communicate TLP information, whereas the second protocol stack supports differential signaling to communicate TLP information.

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Ananthakrishnan, Avinash N Portland, US 77 1529
Boswell, Brent R Aloha, US 11 133
Hayes, Robert J Portland, US 62 4063
Letendre, Adam E Hillsboro, US 2 4
Rangaraj, Deepak M Hillsboro, US 2 5
Song, Marcus W Battle Ground, US 3 41
Spry, Bryan L Portland, US 15 238
Wood, Aimee D Portland, US 6 44

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