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Common idle state, active state and credit management for an interface

US8805926B2 · kind B2 · utility

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30References

12Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Sridhar Lakshmanamurthy · Sunnyvale, US
Robert P. Adler · Chicago, US
Mikal C. Hunsaker · Cameron Park, US
Michael T. Klinglesmith · Portland, US
Blaise Fanning · Folsom, US
Eran Tamari · Ramat Gan, IL
Joseph Murray · Scottsdale, US
Rohit Verma · Fremont, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 29, 2011
Grant date	Aug 12, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 14, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D10/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention includes method for entering a credit initialization state of an agent state machine of an agent coupled to a fabric to initialize credits in a transaction credit tracker of the fabric. This tracker tracks credits for transaction queues of a first channel of the agent for a given transaction type. The agent may then assert a credit initialization signal to cause credits to be stored in the transaction credit tracker corresponding to the number of the transaction queues of the first channel of the agent for the first transaction type. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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