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(57) ABSTRACT A voltage Supply is to power an integrated circuit (IC) component of a
computer System. The component has a number of logic cores or functional blocks that are …

An integrated circuit includes a plurality of functional blocks. Utilization information for the
various functional blockS is generated. Based on that information, the power consumption …

2. Background Art Modern processors include extensive execution resources to Support
concurrent processing of multiple instructions. A processor typically includes one or more …

CLK IN controls the performance of the unit; one or more clock controllers having clock
outputs coupled to the clock inputs of the processing units, the controller operating varying …

(57) ABSTRACT A macroscalar processor architecture is described herein. In one
embodiment, an exemplary processor includes one or more execution units to execute …

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(57) ABSTRACT A circuit arrangement and method utilize an issue rate-based predictive
thermal management technique in a microproces sor or other integrated circuit that tracks …