Patent ID: 9565132
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising, a multiprotocol interconnect and a first switch wherein the first switch is part of the multiprotocol interconnect and wherein the first switch comprises, wherein the encapsulation of protocol-specific packets is to allow protocol specific packets of different types to flow over a multiprotocol switching fabric when the first and the second switches are part of the multiprotocol switching fabric, wherein the multiprotocol switching fabric is to operably connect a plurality of devices each operating according to different protocols to the multiprotocol interconnect, wherein the protocol for the first protocol-specific driver is different from the protocol for the second protocol-specific driver, wherein the protocols of the first and the second protocol specific drivers are selected from the group including PCI express, USB, DisplayPort, and HDMI, and wherein the connection port is to concurrently transfer data to and receive data from both the first and the second adapter ports over a common I/O (input/output) link.