US Patent Issued to Microchip Technology on Feb. 24 for "Link monitor for a switch having a PCIE-compliant interface, and related systems, devices, and methods" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,998, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Link monitor for a switch having a PCIE-compliant interface, and related systems, devices, and methods" was invented by Vincent Hache (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments relate to a link monitor for a switch having a PCIe-compliant interface. Some embodiments relate to an apparatus including a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)-compliant interface provided at a PCIe domain of a switch. The apparatus may also include a link monitor provided at a switching fabric of the switch that supports the PCIe domain ...