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Dynamically modulating link width
Naveen Cherukuri,Aaron T. Spink,Phanindra K. Mannava,Tim Frodsham,Jeffrey R. Wilcox,Sanjay Dabral,David Dunning,Theodore Z. Schoenborn +7 more
- 21 May 2004
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TL;DR: In this paper, a link between a local port and the remote port is operated at a plurality of link widths in accordance with the remote width capability, which corresponds to a remote port.
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Abstract: Systems and methods of managing a link provide for receiving a remote width capability during a link initialization, the remote width capability corresponding to a remote port. A link between a local port and the remote port is operated at a plurality of link widths in accordance with the remote width capability.
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