公开(公告)号：US20240054039A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

申请号：US18258298

申请日：2020-12-23

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Vasudevan SRINIVASAN ,  Knut GRIMSRUD ,  Johan VAN DE GROENENDAAL ,  Mariusz ORIOL ,  Nishi AHUJA ,  Shen ZHOU ,  Samantha ALT ,  Katalin BARTFAI-WALCOTT ,  Arkadiusz BERENT

IPC: G06F11/07

CPC classification number: G06F11/0757 ,  G06F11/0721 ,  G06F11/076

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement software defined silicon feature configuration pay-as-you-go licensing are disclosed. A disclosed silicon semiconductor device includes a first counter that increments a first count when a timer expires and, responsive to expiration of the timer, a feature configuration sampler to sample a state of a configuration of a feature of the silicon semiconductor device. In addition, the silicon semiconductor device includes a second counter that increments a second count when the sampled state of the configuration of the feature indicates the feature is active. A feature up-time tracker is also included outputs a value representative of an amount of time the configuration has been active, where the amount of time is based on the first count and the second count.