Mechanism for facilitating a configurable port-type peripheral component interconnect express/serial advanced technology attachment host controller architecture
US8874820B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 28, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D10/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mechanism for facilitating configuration of port-type Peripheral Component Interconnect Express/Serial Advanced Technology Attachment host controller architecture is described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a plurality of PHYs to be used as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) ports and Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) ports, and logic to facilitate swapping of one or more of the plurality of PHYs between being the PCIe ports and the SATA ports.
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