Apparatus for providing packets in a peripheral interface circuit of an I/O node of a computer system
US6996657B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0815
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for providing packets in a peripheral interface circuit of an I/O node of a computer system. The apparatus includes a buffer that may be configured to accumulate data received on a first bus. The apparatus further includes a control unit coupled to the buffer which may be configured to transmit a data packet containing a first number of bytes of the data in response to detecting that any of the bytes of the data is invalid. The control unit may be further configured to transmit the data packet containing a second number of bytes of the data in response to detecting that all of the bytes are valid.
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