Patent ID: 7957428
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: dividing, at a dividing unit, bits of a flit into a plurality of groups, each group of the plurality of groups having an equal number of the bits, wherein the flit is to represent a portion of a data packet whose transfer is synchronized; multiplexing, at a plurality of multiplexers, the bits of each group of the plurality of groups independently to effect a transmission order of the bits of the flit on a link by inputting each bit of a group of the plurality of groups of the flit into each of the plurality of multiplexers; and dividing transmission lanes of the link into a number of transmission lane divisions, wherein the multiplexed bits from each group of the plurality of groups are to form a phit having a number of bits equal to a total number of transmission lanes in all of active transmission lane divisions.