Patents Examined by Ellen A Kirlloa
  • Multi-protocol I/O interconnect time synchronization
    Patent number: 8953644
    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 providing a first local time of a first switch of a switching fabric of a multi-protocol interconnect to a second switch of the switching fabric, and adjusting a second local time of the second switch to the first local time. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant R. Chandra, Vladimir Yudovich, Eran Galil, Efraim Kugman