Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System on a chip that drives display when CPUs are powered down
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Application No.: US17015288Application Date: 2020-09-09
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Publication No.: US11500448B2Publication Date: 2022-11-15
- Inventor: Ramana V. Rachakonda , Rohit K. Gupta , Brad W. Simeral , Peter F. Holland
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Lawrence J. Merkel
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32 ; G06F1/3287 ; G06F1/3228 ; H04B17/318

Abstract:
In an embodiment, a system may include one or more processors forming central processing units (CPUs) in the system, a display controller configured to display frames on a display device, a memory controller configured to control a memory, and a power management circuit. The power management circuit may be configured to establish one of a plurality of power states in the system. In a first power state, the display controller and the memory controller are powered on while the CPUs are powered off. The display controller may be configured to read a plurality of prerendered frames from the memory and display the plurality of prerendered frames at times specified for each of the plurality of prerendered frames.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220075440A1 System on a Chip that Drives Display when CPUs are Powered Down Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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