Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power management for host bus adapters
- Patent Title (中): 主机总线适配器的电源管理
-
Application No.: US12111057Application Date: 2008-04-28
-
Publication No.: US08904077B1Publication Date: 2014-12-02
- Inventor: Jerald K. Alston
- Applicant: Jerald K. Alston
- Applicant Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Assignee: QLOGIC, Corporation
- Current Assignee: QLOGIC, Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Agency: Klein, O'Neill & Singh, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F13/40
- IPC: G06F13/40 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F15/173 ; G06F11/14 ; G06F3/06
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a host bus adapter (HBA) are provided. The methods include reducing a number of active lanes in an HBA link when link traffic is low, and increasing the number of active lanes when link traffic is high.
Information query
