Patent ID: 8347018
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An interconnect comprising: a first point-to-point link to couple a first agent and a second agent, the first agent to transmit a message to the second agent over the first link; and one or more point-to-point links to couple the second agent to one or more agents, the second agent to receive the message over the first link and to transmit the message to the one or more agents via the one or more point-to-point links in response to an address, corresponding to the message, that is received from the first agent to indicate that the message is to be transmitted to the one or more agents coupled to the second agent via the one or more point-to-point links, wherein the address, corresponding to the message, is to be interpreted by all agents coupled to the one or more point-to-point links as corresponding to a broadcast message and wherein the second agent is to indicate to the first agent that the message has been received by all of the one or more agents after the second agent has received a confirmation from all the one or more agents to which the second agent has sent the message.