GB2536825B - Power efficient processor architecture - Google Patents

Power efficient processor architecture

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Publication number: GB2536825B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: processor architecture; power efficient; efficient processor; power; architecture
Prior art date: 2011-09-06
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Active

Application number

GB1609345.2A

Other versions

GB2536825A (en

GB201609345D0 (en

Inventor

Srinivasan Sadagopan

Moses Jaideep

J Herdrich Andrew

G Illikkal Rameshkumar

Iyer Ravishankar

Makineni Srihari

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Intel Corp

Original Assignee

Intel Corp

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2011-09-06

Filing date

2011-09-06

Publication date

2017-08-16

2011-09-06 Application filed by Intel Corp filed Critical Intel Corp

2011-09-06 Priority to GB1609345.2A priority Critical patent/GB2536825B/en

2011-09-06 Priority claimed from GB1402807.0A external-priority patent/GB2507696B/en

2016-07-13 Publication of GB201609345D0 publication Critical patent/GB201609345D0/en

2016-09-28 Publication of GB2536825A publication Critical patent/GB2536825A/en

2017-08-16 Application granted granted Critical

2017-08-16 Publication of GB2536825B publication Critical patent/GB2536825B/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2031-09-06 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

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- G06F1/26—Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
- G06F1/32—Means for saving power
- G06F1/3203—Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
- G06F1/3234—Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
- G06F1/3293—Power saving characterised by the action undertaken by switching to a less power-consuming processor, e.g. sub-CPU
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- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
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- G06F9/50—Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
- G06F9/5094—Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU] where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria
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- G06F1/26—Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
- G06F1/32—Means for saving power
- G06F1/3203—Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
- G06F1/3206—Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
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- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
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- G06F1/3243—Power saving in microcontroller unit
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- G06F1/26—Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
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- G06F1/3203—Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
- G06F1/3234—Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
- G06F1/329—Power saving characterised by the action undertaken by task scheduling
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02D—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE
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GB1609345.2A GB2536825B (en)	2011-09-06	2011-09-06	Power efficient processor architecture
GB1402807.0A GB2507696B (en)	2011-09-06	2011-09-06	Power efficient processor architecture

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US20110213934A1 (en) *	2010-03-01	2011-09-01	Arm Limited	Data processing apparatus and method for switching a workload between first and second processing circuitry

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GB2536825A (en)	2016-09-28
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GB201612629D0 (en)	2016-09-07
GB2536824B (en)	2017-06-14
GB201609345D0 (en)	2016-07-13
GB2537300B (en)	2017-10-04
GB201609270D0 (en)	2016-07-13
GB2537300A (en)	2016-10-12

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GB2507696B (en)	2017-08-02	Power efficient processor architecture
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EP2766981A4 (en)	2015-07-01	Power control
EP2717453A4 (en)	2015-05-27	Power converter
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PL2610499T3 (en)	2017-07-31	Pump power unit
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