US 7,322,021 B2
Virtual path for interconnect fabric using bandwidth process
Christopher L. Hamlin, Los Gatos, Calif. (US)
Assigned to LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, Calif. (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/285,301.
Prior Publication US 2004/0088668 A1, May 06, 2004
Int. Cl. G06F 17/50 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 716—12  [716/2] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of platforms communicatively coupled utilizing an interconnect fabric; and
a program of instructions suitable for being performed by the plurality of platforms, wherein the program of instructions configures the plurality of platforms to allocate bandwidth between platforms, wherein the program of instructions includes a protocol which determines a transmission process that a particular physical wire of the interconnect fabric is implicated in at a particular episode of time.