摘要:
A serial low-power inter-chip media bus communications link is deployed in apparatus having multiple Integrated Circuit devices. Communications capabilities of a device coupled to the communications link may be determined and configuration or framing message may be sent to the first device based on the capabilities. The messages may be transmitted on a primary data line of the communications link with a clock used to control timing of transmission on at least the primary data line. The communications capabilities can include information identifying a number of data wires supported by or coupled to the device. A first device may be configured to communicate with a second device over a secondary data line, which may be reserved for such direct communication. Communications on the secondary data line may be synchronized using the clock signal and may be controlled by a different protocol than the protocol used for the primary data line.
摘要:
The present disclosure relates to a bus interface system including a bus line, master integrated circuitry (IC), and slave IC. The master IC is coupled to the bus line and configured to transmit the data signal to the slave IC through the bus line. The slave IC is coupled to the bus line so as to receive the data signal from the master IC and includes a supply capacitor, which is configured to store power from the data signal and provide a supply voltage to the slave IC. When the bus line is in the low state, the supply capacitor is isolated from the bus line. When the bus line is in the high state, the supply capacitor is allowed to extract power from the data signal on the bus line.
摘要:
A system for communicating information includes one device that communicates information via a communication link. The system also includes a second device to communicate information via the communication link. The second device includes a receiver to receive information from the communication link. The second device also includes an oscillator that provides at least one timing signal to the receiver. The oscillator is disabled when the communication link is in an idle state. The oscillator is enabled when the communication link is in a non-idle state.
摘要:
Server computers may include one or more input/output (I/O) adapter devices for communicating with a network and/or direct-attached device. The I/O adapter device may implement processes to manage write requests in a general and flexible manner. The I/O adapter device may also implement processes to manage write requests in a fast an efficient—that is, low latency—manner. Low latency write requests processes may include determining that a write packet for a write request can be processed without additional assistance from a processor, once a processor has initiated a memory access request to fetch write data and also generated protocol information for transmitting the write packet. The I/O adapter device may then process and transmit the write packet through an offload pipeline, without interrupting a processor.
摘要:
In a method for synchronizing a control unit and at least one peripheral unit having actuators and/or sensors, the control unit and the peripheral unit exchange data with each other via a serial interface. The control unit transmits data to the at least one peripheral unit which is processed in the peripheral unit for the operation of the actuators and/or sensors, and at least one synchronization character is transmitted from the control unit to the peripheral unit for the synchronization. In this context, the synchronization character is appended by the control unit to a first data sequence of a data stream to be transmitted from the control unit to the peripheral unit, and the transmission of a second data sequence to be transmitted after the first data sequence is delayed in time on the part of the control unit, so that the second data sequence is transmitted by the control unit to the peripheral unit following the synchronization character.
摘要:
A method and apparatus of performing a data transmission from an electronic device or a peripheral device of an electronic device to a peripheral device of a remote electronic device is disclosed. One example method of performing the data transmission may include transmitting data designated for the remote peripheral device to a local virtual device object. The data that is received by the local virtual device object is transmitted via at least one communication interface or peripheral device of the electronic device to at least one remote communication interface or peripheral device of the remote electronic device. The data arriving at the least one remote communication interface or peripheral device of the remote electronic device is received by a remote virtual device object and transmitted to the designated remote peripheral device.
摘要:
A computing environment, such as an data mirroring or replication storage system, may need to process synchronous I/O requests having different priorities in addition to handling I/O requests on the basis of synchronous or asynchronous groupings. The system described herein provides a data storage system that addresses issues involving efficient balancing of response times for servicing synchronous I/O requests having different priorities. Accordingly, the system described herein provides for maintaining an optimal response time for the host-synchronous I/O requests and the optimal throughput of non-host-synchronous I/O requests using a host-synchronous request time window within which processing of non-host-synchronous I/O requests is throttled. The host-synchronous request time window may be selected to enable the optimal response time for the host-synchronous I/O and also to minimize the impact on the overall throughput of the I/O processor of the storage device.
摘要:
Embodiments relate to two general purpose computers connected in a peer-to-peer mode by connecting a cable (or wireless connection) between universal ports (e.g., PCIe ports) on each computer. A timing protocol utility runs on each computer to time schedule operations performed by its respective computer. Because the system clocks on each peer computer operate independently (asynchronously), they may vary somewhat from each other. To support time synchronized peer-to-peer operations, paired clock value (one for each peer computer) are generated continually and independently by each peer system. Each peer system periodically supplies the paired clock values to its associated timing protocol utility, which uses the paired clock values to time synchronize peer-to-peer computer operations. The timing protocol utilities may also exchange the paired clock values with each other for integrity checking and other operations.
摘要:
Component apparatuses with inter-component communication capabilities, and system having such component apparatuses are disclosed herein. In embodiments, such a component may include a number of control pins including a clock pin, a number of data pins, and a logic unit. The logic unit may be configured to receive a clock signal from another component through the clock pin, to provide an alert signal to the other component through a selected one of the control and data pins to initiate a transaction with the other component, to receive in response to the alert signal from the other component through the data pins a status request to determine nature of the transaction, and to provide in response to the status request to the other component through the data pins a status to indicate the nature of the transaction. The provision of the alert signal, the receipt of the status request and the provision of the status may be in reference to the clock signal. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for evaluating and optimizing a signaling system is described. A pattern of test information is generated in a transmit circuit of the system and is transmitted to a receive circuit. A similar pattern of information is generated in the receive circuit and used as a reference. The receive circuit compares the patterns. Any differences between the patterns are observable. In one embodiment, a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) is implemented to produce patterns. An embodiment of the present disclosure may be practiced with various types of signaling systems, including those with single-ended signals and those with differential signals. An embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to systems communicating a single bit of information on a single conductor at a given time and to systems communicating multiple bits of information on a single conductor simultaneously.