Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reducing power consumption of volatile memory via use of non-volatile memory
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Application No.: US13726066Application Date: 2012-12-22
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Publication No.: US09891694B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Ali Taha , Vipul Gandhi , Phani Babu Giddi
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Colby Nipper/Qualcomm
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32 ; G06F12/02

Abstract:
A method includes initiating a transition from an operating mode to a sleep mode at an electronic device that includes a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory. In response to the initiating, data is copied from the volatile memory to the non-volatile memory and a portion of the volatile memory is disabled. Another method includes determining that a low performance mode condition is satisfied at an electronic device that includes a volatile memory that stores a first copy of read-only data and a non-volatile memory that stores a second copy of the read-only data. A memory mapping of the read-only data is updated from the volatile memory to the non-volatile memory. A portion of the volatile memory that stores the first copy is disabled and access of the read-only data is directed to the non-volatile memory instead of the volatile memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140181558A1 REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF VOLATILE MEMORY VIA USE OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY Public/Granted day:2014-06-26
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