LINK POWER SAVINGS WITH STATE RETENTION

Methods and apparatus relating to link power savings with state retention are described. In one embodiment, one or more components of two agents coupled via a serial link are turned off during idle periods while retaining link state in each agent. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

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Hauptverfasser: Wilcox, Jeffrey, Dunning, David S, Dabral, Sanjay, Frodsham, Robin Tim, Schoenborn, Theodore Z, Cherukuri, Naveen, Bilgin, Selim, Iyer, Venkatraman
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Methods and apparatus relating to link power savings with state retention are described. In one embodiment, one or more components of two agents coupled via a serial link are turned off during idle periods while retaining link state in each agent. Other embodiments are also disclosed.