Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-protocol I/O interconnect time synchronization
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Application No.: US13338234Application Date: 2011-12-27
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Publication No.: US09697159B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Prashant R. Chandra , Vladimir Yudovich , Eran Galil , Efraim Kugman
- Applicant: Prashant R. Chandra , Vladimir Yudovich , Eran Galil , Efraim Kugman
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Compass IP Law PC
- Main IPC: H04J3/06
- IPC: H04J3/06 ; G06F13/40 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F13/42

Abstract:
Described are embodiments of methods, apparatuses, and systems for time synchronization of a multi-protocol I/O interconnect of computer apparatus. A method for synchronizing time across the multi-protocol I/O interconnect may include determining a first local time at a first port of a first switch of a switching fabric of a multi-protocol interconnect and a second local time at a second port of a second switch of the switching fabric, calculating an offset value based at least in part on a difference between the first local time and the second local time, and adjusting the second local time by the offset value. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140122755A1 MULTI-PROTOCOL I/O INTERCONNECT TIME SYNCHRONIZATION Public/Granted day:2014-05-01
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