Patent ID: 7016989

Claim:
A method comprising: sending out data and a data strobe from a sending device during a first clock cycle; latching the data at a receiving device based upon receipt of the data strobe; sampling the data at said receiving device a predetermined number of clock cycles after the first clock cycle; issuing a reset signal from a first device to at least one second device, said first device further receiving the reset signal as input after a delay corresponding to a time to transmit the reset signal between the first device and second device, wherein said first device and said second device receive the reset signal at the same time; and upon receipt of the reset signal, said first device and said second device executing a predetermined reset process comprising: identifying a first predetermined clock edge as a first odd clock cycle; identifying a subsequent clock edge as a first even clock cycle; initiating the data strobe on a clock edge of a prespecified even clock cycle; and said first clock cycle occurring after initiating the data strobe.