Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for a clocking architecture using a bidirectional clock. In an embodiment, a chip includes a bidirectional clock port capable of being statically configured to receive or to transmit a reference clock. In one embodiment, the chip includes a first port to receive data and a second port, wherein the chip repeats at least a portion of the data that it receives on the first port to a transmitter at the second port. Other embodiments are described and claimed.