Patent attributes
An apparatus for processing a PCI Express protocol, includes: a PCI Express transaction layer reception unit for transmitting status information, and performing a data writing operation; a PCI Express data link layer transmission unit for creating a flow control packet, transmitting the flow control packet to a PCI Express physical layer, and transmitting an integrity acknowledgement packet to the PCI Express physical layer; and a PCI Express physical layer for transmitting the flow control packet and the integrity acknowledgement packet to an upstream device, and transmitting the writing request packet to a PCI Express data link layer reception unit. Further, the apparatus includes a PCI Express data link layer reception unit for transmitting the writing request packet to the PCI Express transaction layer reception unit, and transmitting the integrity acknowledgement packet to the PCI Express data link layer transmission unit and a PCI Express transaction layer reception unit.
