Methods and apparatuses to effect a variable-width link

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2011-06-07

2011-06-07

Harper, Kevin C. (Department: 2462)

Multiplex communications

Communication techniques for information carried in plural...

Combining or distributing information via time channels

Reexamination Certificate

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07957428

ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the invention provide an algorithm for dividing a link into one or more reduced-width links. For one embodiment of the invention, a multiplexing scheme is employed to effect a bit transmission order required by a particular cyclic redundancy check. The multiplexed output bits are then swizzled on-chip to reduce on-board routing congestion.

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