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- Patent Title: Proactive voltage droop reduction and/or mitigation in a processor core
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Application No.: US16706195Application Date: 2019-12-06
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Publication No.: US11275644B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Giora Biran , Pradip Bose , Alper Buyuktosunoglu , Pierce I-Jen Chuang , Preetham M. Lobo , Ramon Bertran Monfort , Phillip John Restle , Christos Vezyrtzis , Tobias Webel
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00 ; G06F11/07 ; G06F1/28 ; G06F1/324 ; G06F1/30 ; G06F9/38

Abstract:
Techniques facilitating voltage droop reduction and/or mitigation in a processor core are provided. In one example, a system can comprise a memory that stores, and a processor that executes, computer executable components. The computer executable components can comprise an observation component that detects one or more events at a first stage of a processor pipeline. An event of the one or more events can be a defined event determined to increase a level of power consumed during a second stage of the processor pipeline. The computer executable components can also comprise an instruction component that applies a voltage droop mitigation countermeasure prior to the increase of the level of power consumed during the second stage of the processor pipeline and a feedback component that provides a notification to the instruction component that indicates a success or a failure of a result of the voltage droop mitigation countermeasure.
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