DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150113333A1
• Filed: 12/30/2013
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
• Original Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
• Inventors: KIM, Hyun Wook
• Application Number:
  US14/143,965
• Publication Number:
  US 20150113333A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/43
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/32 Means for saving power

Abstract

An operating method of a data processing system includes calculating a test result by performing a test for measuring characteristics of each of lanes included in the data processing system, and selecting one or more operating lanes among the lanes based on the test result.

Claims

1. An operating method of a data processing system, comprising:

calculating a test result by performing a test for measuring characteristics of each of lanes included in the data processing system; and

selecting one or more operating lanes among the lanes based on the test result.

2. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the one or more operating lanes comprises:

setting lane rankings corresponding to the respective characteristics based on the test result;

determining any one of the characteristics as a lane selection criterion; and

selecting the one or more operating lanes based on the lane rankings corresponding to the lane selection criterion.

3. The operating method of claim 2, wherein the lane selection criterion is determined depending on an operating environment of the data processing system.

4. The operating method of claim 3, wherein the operating environment comprises one or more of power consumption, signal transmission rate, and data reliability of the data processing system.

5. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting weights to be given on the respective characteristics.

6. The operating method of claim 5, wherein the selecting of the one or more operating lanes comprises:

setting lane rankings by applying the weights to the test result; and

selecting the one or more operating lanes based on the lane rankings.

7. The operating method of claim 6, wherein the weights are set depending on an operating environment of the data processing system.

8. The operating method of claim 6, wherein the operating environment comprises one or more of power consumption, signal transmission rate, and data reliability of the data processing system.

9. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the characteristics include power consumption, latency, and/or bit error rate.

10. A data processing system comprising:

a first device comprising a first control unit;

a second device comprising a second control unit; and

lanes suitable for transmitting signals between the first and second devices,

wherein the first and second control units calculate a test result by performing a test for measuring characteristics of the respective lanes, and select one or more operating lanes among the lanes based on the test result.

11. The data processing system of claim 10, wherein the first and second control units set lane rankings corresponding to the respective characteristics by the test result, determine any one of the characteristics as a lane selection criterion, and select the one or more operating lanes based on the lane rankings corresponding to the lane selection criterion.

12. The data processing system of claim 11, wherein the lane selection criterion is determined depending on an operating environment of the data processing system.

13. The data processing system of claim 12, wherein the operating environment comprises one or more of power consumption, signal transmission rate, and data reliability of the data processing system.

14. The data processing system of claim 10, wherein the first and second control units set weights to be given on the respective characteristics, set lane rankings based on the test result to which the weight is applied, and select the one or more of operating lanes based on the lane rankings.

15. The data processing system of claim 14, wherein the weights are set depending on an operating environment of the data processing system.

16. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the operating environment comprises one or more of power consumption, signal transmission rate, and data reliability of the data processing system.

17. The data processing system of claim 10, wherein the first device includes a host device, and the second device includes a data storage device.

18. The operating method of claim 10, wherein the characteristics include power consumption, latency, and/or bit error rate.

19. An operating method of a data processing system with multi-channels, the method comprising:

performing a test for measuring a predetermined characteristic of the respective channels;

ranking the channels based on the test result; and

performing a communication through the high-ranked channels selected among the channels.