Performing power management in a multicore processor

VW Lee, ET Grochowski, D Kim, Y Bai, S Li… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
In an embodiment, a processor includes: a plurality of first cores to independently execute
instructions, each of the plurality of first cores including a plurality of counters to store …

Hardware voting mechanism for arbitrating scaling of shared voltage domain, integrated circuits, processes and systems

PC Titiano, S Qasem - US Patent 8,327,158, 2012 - Google Patents
An electronic circuit includes processors (CPU1, CPU2) operable to make respective
voltage requests (Vcpu1, Vcpu2), and a power management circuit (1470) having a …

System and method for synchronous task dispatch in a portable device

BR Gaster - US Patent 9,588,804, 2017 - Google Patents
A portable computing device synchronously offloads tasks from a first processing resource to
an alternative processing resource. Offload requests are centralized and communicated to a …

Warp clustering

Y Jiao - US Patent 9,804,666, 2017 - Google Patents
Units of shader work, such as warps or wavefronts, are grouped into clusters. An individual
vector register file of a processor is operated as segments, where a segment may be …

Migrating threads between asymmetric cores in a multiple core processor

SS Jahagirdar, V George, I Sodhi - US Patent 9,727,388, 2017 - Google Patents
Some implementations provide techniques and arrangements to migrate threads from a first
core of a processor to a second core of the processor. For example, some implementations …

Dynamic voltage and frequency management based on active processors

JS Lee, DC Murray, WH Lien - US Patent 9,304,573, 2016 - Google Patents
In an embodiment, a system may include multiple processors and an automatic power state
controller (APSC) configured to Switch the processors between various operating points …

Systems and methods of managing processor device power consumption

KK Pusukuri, GC Cascaval, M Weber - US Patent App. 14/300,457, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0001 Wireless communication technologies and mobile electronic devices
(eg, cellular phones, tablets, laptops, etc.) have grown in popularity and use. To keep pace …

Electronic power management system

GR Conti, F Dahan - US Patent 8,055,828, 2011 - Google Patents
Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL
TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL …

Digital power estimator to control processor power consumption

JS Lee - US Patent 9,195,291, 2015 - Google Patents
In an embodiment, a digital power estimator (DPE) may be provided that may monitor the
processors to estimate the amount of power being consumed. If the estimate exceeds a …

Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing energy usage

K Cameron, J Turner - US Patent 8,918,657, 2014 - Google Patents
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture,
circuit, and/or user interface adapted for, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium …