A method for communicating data is provided that includes storing one or more physical connectors associated with an input/output card and configuring the input/output card to a selected one of a slave, master, and passive mode. An identification for the input/output card may be provided to an end user, the identification reflecting a selected configuration parameter associated with the input/output card.
Methods and apparatus to reduce power consumption in arbiters of interconnection routers are described. In one embodiment, an arbiter may be turned off for a select number of clock cycles if no arbitration is to be performed on the corresponding buffer.
