Capacity on demand using signaling bus control

Details Capacity on demand using signaling bus control Capacity on demand using signaling bus control

2011-01-04

2011-01-04

Lee, Thomas (Department: 2116)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Clock, pulse, or timing signal generation or analysis

C713S501000, C713S503000, C370S468000, C370S477000

Reexamination Certificate

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07865757

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing capacity on demand using control to alter latency and/or bandwidth on a signaling bus in a computer system. If additional capacity is required, authorization is requested for additional capacity. If authorized, bandwidth of the signaling bus is increased to provide additional capacity in the computing system. Alternatively, upon authorization, latency of data transmissions over the signaling bus is reduced. In another alternative, upon authorization, memory timings are adjusted to speed up memory fetches and stores.

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