Patent ID: 7490187

Claim:
A dual mode digital interface that supports the HyperTransport Standard and at least one other interface standard, the dual mode digital interface comprising: a physical interface operable to couple to a servicing media, the servicing media including a physical line for each of a plurality of data lines and a clock line; a plurality of data line amplifiers communicatively coupled to the physical interface and operable to amplify incoming data received on the plurality of data lines; a clock line amplifier communicatively coupled to the physical interface and operable to amplify a clock signal received on the clock line; a plurality of data line deskew/sampling blocks communicatively coupled to the plurality of data line amplifiers, each operable to deskew and sample incoming data on a respective data line based upon the clock signal to produce deskewed data; a data group deskew module communicatively coupled to the plurality of data line deskew/sampling blocks, the data group deskew module and operable to receive deskewed data from each of the plurality of data line deskew/sampling blocks and to remove inter data line skew from the deskewed data to produce received data; and enablement control module that is operable to disable the plurality of data line deskew/sampling blocks and/or the data group deskew module when supporting one aspect of the HyperTransport Standard and to enable the plurality of data line deskew/sampling blocks and/or the data group deskew module when supporting the at least one other interface standard.