FIELD

Various embodiments generally may relate to the field of communication and computing, and in particular, may relate to a computer bus and devices coupled by a computer bus.

BACKGROUND

The background description provided herein is for the purpose of generally presenting the context of the disclosure. Unless otherwise indicated herein, the materials described in this section are not prior art to the claims in this application and are not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section.

A computer system, or a platform, may include many components, such as a host including a central processing unit (CPU), memory, chipsets, and/or many other devices coupled together by a computer bus. A computer bus is a communication system that may transfer data between devices or components inside a computer, or between computers. A computing system or a platform may use various devices coupled to a computer bus extensively. A computer bus may include related hardware components (wire, optical fiber, etc.) and software, including communication protocols. There may be many kinds of computer bus, such as serial buses or parallel buses.

