Patent ID: 6898728
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for reconfiguring a signal path in a computing system including a plurality of system domains, the method comprising: detecting a predetermined condition triggering a reconfiguration of the computing system; reconfiguring a signal path affected by the condition from a first mode to a second mode responsive to detecting the condition; leaving the unaffected system domains configured in the first mode; and operating the affected system domains in the second mode and the unaffected system domains in the first mode; wherein: operating the unaffected system domains in the first mode includes separating a plurality of information in each transaction into two messages and transmitting the two messages in parallel, each on a respective half of the signal paths; and operating the affected system domains in the second mode includes transmitting the messages in series on a single half of the affected signal path.