Dynamic lane, voltage and frequency adjustment for serial interconnect
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1. A method, comprising:
- propagating electronic signals within circuitry comprising a transmitter to;
select a number of said transmitter'"'"'s lanes;
set a speed for each of said lanes, said number and speed determining said transmitter'"'"'s bandwidth; and
, set a driver supply voltage for each of said lanes wherein, power consumed by said transmitter as a consequence of said selecting and both said settings is less than a power that would have been consumed by said transmitter had another available combination of lane number, lane speed and supply voltage been effected for said transmitter.
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A method is described which comprises propagating electronic signals within circuitry comprising a transmitter to select a number of the transmitter'"'"'s lanes, set a speed for each of the lanes, and set at least a driver supply voltage for each of the lanes. The number and speed determine the transmitter'"'"'s bandwidth. Power consumed by the transmitter as a consequence of the lane number selection, lane speed setting and driver supply voltage is less than a power that would have been consumed by the transmitter had another available combination of lane number, lane speed and supply voltage been effected for the transmitter.
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1. A method, comprising:
propagating electronic signals within circuitry comprising a transmitter to;
select a number of said transmitter'"'"'s lanes;
set a speed for each of said lanes, said number and speed determining said transmitter'"'"'s bandwidth; and
,set a driver supply voltage for each of said lanes wherein, power consumed by said transmitter as a consequence of said selecting and both said settings is less than a power that would have been consumed by said transmitter had another available combination of lane number, lane speed and supply voltage been effected for said transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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