Patent ID: 7587525

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: A. a control module having power outputs, clock outputs, a wait output, a standby input, an idle request output, an idle acknowledgement input, and a wakeup input; B. an initiator module that generates write or read requests on interconnect leads, the initiator module having a power input connected to a power output of the control module, a clock input connected to a clock output of the control module, a wait input connected to the wait output of the control module, and a standby output connected to the standby input of the control module; and C. a target module that receives write or receive requests from the initiator module on interconnect leads, the target module having a power input connected to a power output of the control module, a clock input connected to a clock output of the control module, an idle request input connected to the idle request output of the control module, an idle acknowledgement output connected to the idle acknowledgement input of the control module, and a wakeup output connected to the wakeup input of the control module.