Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hierarchical power management apparatus and method
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Application No.: US17033753Application Date: 2020-09-26
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Publication No.: US12093100B2Publication Date: 2024-09-17
- Inventor: Vivek Garg , Ankush Varma , Krishnakanth Sistla , Nikhil Gupta , Nikethan Shivanand Baligar , Stephen Wang , Nilanjan Palit , Timothy Yee-Kwong Kam , Adwait Purandare , Ujjwal Gupta , Stanley Chen , Dorit Shapira , Shruthi Venugopal , Suresh Chemudupati , Rupal Parikh , Eric Dehaemer , Pavithra Sampath , Phani Kumar Kandula , Yogesh Bansal , Dean Mulla , Michael Tulanowski , Stephen Paul Haake , Andrew Herdrich , Ripan Das , Nazar Syed Haider , Aman Sewani
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: NICHOLSON DE VOS WEBSTER & ELLIOTT LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/28
- IPC: G06F1/28 ; G06F1/30 ; G06F13/20

Abstract:
Hierarchical Power Management (HPM) architecture considers the limits of scaling on a power management controller, the autonomy at each die, and provides a unified view of the package to a platform. At a simplest level, HPM architecture has a supervisor and one or more supervisee power management units (PMUs) that communicate via at least two different communication fabrics. Each PMU can behave as a supervisor for a number of supervisee PMUs in a particular domain. HPM addresses these needs for products that comprise a collection of dice with varying levels of power and thermal management capabilities and needs. HPM serves as a unified mechanism than can span collection of dice of varying capability and function, which together form a traditional system-on-chip (SoC). HPM provides a basis for managing power and thermals across a diverse set of dice.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220100247A1 HIERARCHICAL POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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