Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Single power plane dynamic voltage margin recovery for multiple clock domains
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Application No.: US15483178Application Date: 2017-04-10
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Publication No.: US10401938B1Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Jong-Suk Lee , Ramesh B. Gunna , Shih-Chieh R. Wen , John H. Mylius
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert and Goetzel PC
- Agent Rory D. Rankin
- Main IPC: G06F1/00
- IPC: G06F1/00 ; G06F1/324 ; G06F1/3287 ; G06F1/3296

Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for reaching power targets across different clock domains are described. In various embodiments, a first processor complex and a second processor complex operate while powered by a same, single power plane, but with respective clock domains. When a request is detected to change an operating mode of a particular core from one of the processor complexes to an operating mode which does not provide the worst-case power supply load on the single power plane, an amount of voltage margin to recover from the operational voltage is determined based on the second operating mode prior to granting the request and based on each other core in the complexes operating in respective current operating modes. An operational voltage less the determined voltage margin to recover is assigned to the processor complexes while different clock frequencies are assigned to the processor complexes.
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