Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices capable of detecting and allocating power and associated method
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Application No.: US17023360Application Date: 2020-09-16
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Publication No.: US11733764B2Publication Date: 2023-08-22
- Inventor: Sompong Paul Olarig , Matthew Bryson , Stephen Fischer
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Renaissance IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/26
- IPC: G06F1/26 ; G06F1/32 ; G06F1/3287 ; H02J1/14

Abstract:
A device capable of self-detecting and self-allocating additional power and associated method are disclosed. The device includes a first module to route current from first power pins to a voltage rail having the first voltage level. The device includes a second module coupled to second power pins associated with a second voltage level. The second module routes current from the second power pins to the voltage rail having the first voltage level via a connecting voltage rail. The method includes determining, by the device, whether or not a presence of unused power pins is detected. Based on the detection, the method includes calculating a total amount of available additional power, repurposing the unused power pins as actively used power pins, and updating a power budget value based on the total amount of available additional power. The device may dynamically allocate power to accelerators based on a power allocation table and the power budget value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210405733A1 DEVICES CAPABLE OF DETECTING AND ALLOCATING POWER AND ASSOCIATED METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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