Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power gating functional units of a processor
- Patent Title (中): 处理器的电源门控功能单元
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Application No.: US13528548Application Date: 2012-06-20
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Publication No.: US08954775B2Publication Date: 2015-02-10
- Inventor: Jaewoong Chung , Hanjun Kim , Youfeng Wu
- Applicant: Jaewoong Chung , Hanjun Kim , Youfeng Wu
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32
Abstract:
In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having a core including functional units each to execute instructions of a target instruction set architecture (ISA) and a power controller to control a power mode of a first functional unit responsive to a power identification field of a power instruction of a power region of a code block to be executed on the core. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130346781A1 Power Gating Functional Units Of A Processor Public/Granted day:2013-12-26
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