Intel Corporation
SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINK TRAINING DURING A CLOCK SWITCH EVENT

Abstract:

In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises: a receiver to receive training data from a transmitter; a clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit coupled to the receiver, the CDR circuit to recover a recovered clock signal from the training data; and a media access control (MAC) circuit coupled to the CDR circuit, wherein the MAC circuit is to send a clock switch indicator to the CDR circuit to cause the CDR circuit to halt tracking operation of the CDR circuit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.