Patent ID: 8176229

Claim:
A dual mode digital interface that supports a HyperTransport Standard and at least one other interface standard, the dual mode digital interface comprising: a plurality of data line deskew/sampling blocks coupled to a physical interface to receive incoming data on a respective data line of a plurality of data lines, each of the data line deskew/sampling blocks is operable to deskew and sample the incoming data on the respective data line based upon a clock signal to produce deskewed data; a data group deskew module coupled to the plurality of data line deskew/sampling blocks, wherein the data group deskew module receives the deskewed data and removes inter-data line skew from the deskewed data to produce received data; and an enablement control module is operable to configure the plurality of data line deskew/sampling blocks and the data group deskew module in a first mode when supporting an aspect of the HyperTransport Standard and in a second mode when supporting the at least one other interface standard.