Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Platform communication protocol
- Patent Title (中): 平台通信协议
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Application No.: US12286544Application Date: 2008-09-30
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Publication No.: US08806258B2Publication Date: 2014-08-12
- Inventor: Seh W. Kwa , Neil Songer , Rob Gough , David J. Harriman
- Applicant: Seh W. Kwa , Neil Songer , Rob Gough , David J. Harriman
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Patent Capital Group
- Main IPC: G06F1/12
- IPC: G06F1/12

Abstract:
A host chipset heartbeat may be utilized, in some embodiments, to handle interrupts from external devices on a power efficient basis. The availability of the host chipset heartbeat may be signaled to external devices and those external devices may time their activities to a period of time when not only are resources available, but the assertion of the activity is advantageous because the host chipset is already transitioning from a lower power consumption state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100080272A1 Platform communication protocol Public/Granted day:2010-04-01
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