1. A controller to partition a display interface, the controller comprising:
logic at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to:
group a plurality of pixels into two or more groups of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels corresponding to an addressable point on a display device; and
assign one or more display interface lanes of a plurality of display interface lanes to each of the two or more groups of pixels, the plurality of display interface lanes configured to communicate display data to the display device, the display data including indications of an image to be displayed by the display device.
2. The controller of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display interface lanes include a first display interface lane and a second display interface lane and wherein the two or more groups of pixels include a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels, the logic to assign the first display interface lane to the first group of pixels and the second display interface lane to the second group of pixels.
3. The controller of claim 2, the logic to acquire the display data.
4. The controller of claim 3, wherein the display data includes indications of pixel colors for each of the plurality of pixels.
5. The controller of claim 4, the logic to communicate the pixel colors for each of the plurality of pixels by transmitting the pixel colors for the pixels corresponding to the first group of pixels to the display device using the first display interface lane and transmitting the pixel colors for the pixels corresponding to the second group of pixels to the display device using the second display interface lane.
6. The controller of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display interface lanes include a first display interface lane, a second display interface lane, a third display interface lane, and a fourth display interface lane and wherein the two or more groups of pixels include a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels, the logic to assign the first and second display interface lanes to the first group of pixels and the third and fourth display interface lanes to the second group of pixels.
7. The controller of claim 1, wherein the display device includes a first timing controller and driver (TCON-DR) set operative on a first subset of the plurality of pixels and a second TCON-DR set operative on a second subset of the plurality of pixels, the two or more groups of pixels including a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels, the logic to associate the first subset of pixels with the first group of pixels and the second subset of pixels with the second group of pixels, the first subset of pixels including different pixels than the second subset of pixels.
8. The controller of claim 7, wherein the first and second TCON-DR sets are Chip-on-Glass components on the display device.
9. The controller of claim 1, wherein the display device is a first display device, each of the plurality of pixels corresponding to an addressable point on either the first display device or a second display device.
10. The controller of either of claims 1-9, wherein the display device is an LCD, an LED, an OLED, or a plasma display.
11. The controller of either of claims 1-9, wherein the display interface is a display port interface, an HDMI interface, a DVI interface, or a Thunderbolt interface.
12. The controller of claim 4, the logic to transmit the pixel color on either the first display interface lane or the second display interface lane, while not transmitting pixel color on the other display interface lane.
13. The controller of claim 4, the logic to transmit the pixel colors using the display interface lines by staggering the transmission across the display interface lines assigned to each pixel group.
14. The controller of claim 4, the logic to transmit the pixel colors using the display interface lines by serializing the transmission across the display interface lines assigned to each pixel group.
15. At least one machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
acquire display data, the display data including indications of an image to be displayed by a display device;
group a plurality of pixels into two or more groups of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels corresponding to an addressable point on the display device; and
assign one or more display interface lanes of a plurality of display interface lanes to each of the two or more groups of pixels, the plurality of display interface lanes configured to communicate the display data to the display device.
16. The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of display interface lanes include a first display interface lane and a second display interface lane and wherein the two or more groups of pixels include a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels, the computing device to assign the first display interface lane to the first group of pixels and assigning the second display interface lane to the second group of pixels.
17. The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of display interface lanes include a first display interface lane, a second display interface lane, a third display interface lane, and a fourth display interface lane and wherein the two or more groups of pixels include a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels, the computing device to assign the first and second display interface lanes to the first group of pixels and assigning the third and fourth display interface lanes to the second group of pixels.
18. The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the display device includes a first timing controller and driver (TCON-DR) set operative on a first subset of the plurality of pixels and a second TCON-DR set operative on a second subset of the plurality of pixels, the two or more groups of pixels including a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels, the computing device to associate the first subset of pixels with the first group of pixels and associating the second subset of pixels with the second group of pixels, the first subset of pixels including different pixels than the second subset of pixels.
19. The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the display device is a first display device, each of the plurality of pixels corresponding to an addressable point on either the first display device or a second display device.
20. A processor to partition a display interface, the processor comprising:
logic at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to:
group a plurality of pixels into two or more groups of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels corresponding to an addressable point on either a first display device or a second display device; and
assign one or more display interface lanes of a plurality of display interface lanes to each of the two or more groups of pixels, the plurality of display interface lanes configured to communicate display data to the first and second display devices, the display data including indications of an image to be displayed by the first and second display devices.
21. The processor of claim 20, wherein the first display device includes a first timing controller and driver (TCON-DR) set operative on a first subset of the plurality of pixels, the first subset of the plurality of pixels corresponding to the pixels of the first display device and the second display device includes a second TCON-DR set operative on a second subset of the plurality of pixels, the second subset of the plurality of pixels corresponding to the pixels of the second display device, the two or more groups of pixels including a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels, the logic to associate the first subset of pixels with the first group of pixels and the second subset of pixels with the second group of pixels.
22. At least one machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
group a plurality of pixels into two or more groups of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels corresponding to an addressable point on either a first display device or a second display device; and
assign one or more display interface lanes of a plurality of display interface lanes to each of the two or more groups of pixels, the plurality of display interface lanes configured to communicate display data to the first and second display devices, the display data including indications of an image to be displayed by the first and second display devices.
23. The at least one machine-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the first display device includes a first timing controller and driver (TCON-DR) set operative on a first subset of the plurality of pixels, the first subset of the plurality of pixels corresponding to the pixels of the first display device and the second display device includes a second TCON-DR set operative on a second subset of the plurality of pixels, the second subset of the plurality of pixels corresponding to the pixels of the second display device, the two or more groups of pixels including a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels, the computing device to associate the first subset of pixels with the first group of pixels and the second subset of pixels with the second group of pixels.
24. A system to partition a display interface, the system comprising:
logic a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to:
group a plurality of pixels into two or more groups of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels corresponding to an addressable point on either a first display device or a second display device; and
assign one or more display interface lanes of a plurality of display interface lanes to each of the two or more groups of pixels, the plurality of display interface lanes configured to communicate display data to the first and second display devices, the display data including indications of an image to be displayed by the first and second display devices.
25. The system of claim 24, wherein the first display device includes a first timing controller and driver (TCON-DR) set operative on a first subset of the plurality of pixels, the first subset of the plurality of pixels corresponding to the pixels of the first display device and the second display device includes a second TCON-DR set operative on a second subset of the plurality of pixels, the second subset of the plurality of pixels corresponding to the pixels of the second display device, the two or more groups of pixels including a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels, the logic to associate the first subset of pixels with the first group of pixels and the second subset of pixels with the second group of pixels.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of communication between a remote configuration device and a remote configurable device, wherein the remote configuration device and the remote configurable device are interconnected in a digital communication network via a remote management connection, said method comprising, at the remote configuration device:
if it is determined that said remote management connection is lost,
transmission, over a connection other than said remote management connection, to an address of said remote configurable device and to a predetermined port number of said remote configurable device, of a message comprising information and at least one command allowing reestablishment of said lost remote management connection by said remote configurable device;
reception of a request for reestablishment of said remote management connection, said request being a result of use by said remote configurable device of said information comprised in said message and of application by said remote management device of said at least one command.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined port number is that of a port number on which said remote configurable device listens for messages allowing said remote configurable device to reestablish said remote management connection with said remote configuration device when said remote management connection is lost.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information comprises an address of the remote configuration device.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information comprises connection request credentials.
5. A method of communication between a remote configurable device and a remote configuration device interconnected in a digital communication network via a remote management connection wherein said method comprises, at the remote configurable device:
if it is determined that said remote management connection is lost,
reception, over a connection other than said remote management connection, on a predetermined port number, of a message that comprises information and at least one command allowing reestablishment, by said remote configurable device, of said remote management connection that is lost;
applying of said at least one command;
transmission of a request for reestablishment of said lost remote management connection to said remote configuration device, said request being a result of use of said information comprised in said message and of said applying of said at least one command.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined port number is that of a port number on which said remote configurable device listens for messages allowing said remote configurable device to reestablish said remote management connection with said remote configuration device when said remote management connection is lost.
7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the information comprises an address of the remote configuration device.
8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the information comprises connection request credentials.
9. A remote configurable device, said remote configurable device being interconnected in a digital communication network via a remote management connection to a remote configuration device, wherein said remote configurable device comprises:
a connection request server for reception, over a connection (2001) other than said remote management connection, on a predetermined port number, of a message that comprises information and at least one command allowing reestablishment, by said remote configurable device, of said remote management connection that is lost;
a client module for transmission of a request for reestablishment of said lost remote management connection to said remote configuration device, said request being a result of use of said information comprised in said message and of application of said at least one command.
10. The device according to claim 9, where the connection request server and the client module function independently of other modules of the device.