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Independent power control of processing cores
US8996899B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8996899-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213471222-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | May 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | Nov 1, 2006 |
| Publication date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2015 |
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Independent power control of two or more processing cores. More particularly, at least one embodiment of the invention pertains to a technique to place at least one processing core in a power state without coordinating with the power state of one or more other processing cores.
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What is claimed is: 1. A processor, comprising: a plurality of processor cores including a first processor core and a second processor core that is coupled to the first processor core, both the first and second processor cores comprising respective instruction decoding circuitry, instruction execution engine circuitry, clock modification circuitry and voltage modification circuitry; a first power control logic within or otherwise associated with the first processor core and a se…
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Physics · mapped topic
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- What does patent US8996899B2 cover?
- Independent power control of two or more processing cores. More particularly, at least one embodiment of the invention pertains to a technique to place at least one processing core in a power state without coordinating with the power state of one or more other processing cores.
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Gunther Stephen H, Burton Edward A, Deval Anant, and 4 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G06F1/3203. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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