FreeLists / si-list / [SI-LIST] Re: purpose of 8b/10b encoding

["Jeffrey J. Cook" <jjcook@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Jeffrey J. Cook wrote:
#
# Generally as I understand, it is to be able to recover the clock by
# ensuring some number of transitions per period (8 per 10?). Clocks change

sorry, I meant 2 transitions per 10, not 8 per 10.

# Unfortunately I'm not familiar with Infiniband, but assume that they
# send the clock inside the data to ensure the clock experiences the exact
# same delay as the data.  Plus it saves a wire!

Again, this was meant as a generality, not specific to Infiniband.

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Jeffrey J. Cook
Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Candidate
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
jjcook@xxxxxxxx

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