摘要:
Methods and apparatus to improve integrated circuit (IC) performance across a range of operating conditions and/or physical constraints are described. In one embodiment, an operating parameter of one or more of processor cores may be adjusted in response to a change in the activity level of processor cores (e.g., the number of active processor cores) and/or a comparison of one or more operating conditions and one or more corresponding threshold values. Other embodiments are also described.
摘要:
Independent power control of two or more processing cores. More particularly, at least one embodiment of the invention pertains to a technique to place at least one processing core in a power state without coordinating with the power state of one or more other processing cores.
摘要:
A method and an apparatus to sense supply voltage have been disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a resistor having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to a voltage supply and a ring oscillator sensor coupled between the second end of the resistor and ground, the ring oscillator sensor having an output coupled to a computational element. Other embodiments have been claimed and described.
摘要:
An apparatus includes a substrate, a target timing circuit, a leakage timing circuit, and a control unit. The target timing circuit and the leakage timing circuits are formed on the substrate. The target timing circuit has a target timing circuit frequency related to a target frequency. The leakage timing circuit has a leakage timing circuit frequency related to a leakage current. The control unit maintains a substantially constant ratio between the target timing circuit frequency and the leakage timing circuit frequency. A method includes generating a first signal related to a target circuit frequency, generating a second signal related to a leakage current, and adjusting a control signal applied to a substrate to maintain a substantially constant frequency ratio between a first signal and the second signal.
摘要:
A semiconductor device and method of adding metal layers in a semiconductor device with signal reallocation are disclosed. The device has a first layer with a plurality of signal wires. A second layer adjacent to the first layer is also included that has a plurality of signal wires. The signal wires in the first and second layers are substantially parallel with each other. The signal wires are distributed between the first and second layer in a manner that reduces the wire capacitance and/or resistance thereby permitting higher frequency operation and lower power consumption in the device.
摘要:
An apparatus and method are provided for operating a processor core. This may include a first circuit to operate at a frequency that is dependent on a power supply voltage. A frequency control circuit may be provided to control a frequency of the first circuit by directing a voltage regulator to increase or decrease the power supply voltage.
摘要:
Conductive planes in a power delivery region of a microelectronic package substrate are stitched to correlated conductive planes in a signal region of the substrate. The conductive planes occupy varying horizontal levels of the substrate and are stitched together at a junction between the power delivery region and the signal region of the substrate using alternating tabs connected with vias.
摘要:
An electronic device comprises a circuit that is provided with incrementally modifiable power consumption control means. By applying a program signal to this control means the balance between speed and power consumption is optimized. A PLA circuit considerably benefits from this architecture.
摘要:
An integrated circuit device is provided with user-programmable power-down means for disabling a particular circuit in the device under control of a user-specified state of an input signal supplied to the device. In particular, for PLDs a power-down feature of this kind is simple to implement, requiring no additional I/O pins on the device, considerably reduces power consumption and renders the device more versatile than prior art devices.
摘要:
A circuit employable as a differential multiplexer (10, 310, or 610) or as a differential logic gate (110, 210, 250, 410, or 510) of either the OR/NOR or EXCLUSIVE OR/EXCLUSIVE NOR type contains four pass gates that operate on four circuit input signals and are controlled by two additional circuit input signals. Two of the pass gates drive a bipolar transistor serially coupled to a first FET driven from the other two pass gates. Likewise, the second pair of pass gates drive another bipolar transistor serially coupled to another FET driven from the first pair of pass gates. The bipolar transistors supply respective circuit output signals. The two FETs are of a first polarity. The circuit preferably includes a pair of FETs of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity. The second pair of FETs are arranged so as to provide output pull-up/pull-down assistance for the bipolar transistors.