Externally-triggered throttling
US11054882B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D10/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, a local throttling mechanism for the one or more processor cores may support one or more externally-triggered throttling mechanisms. An external source, such as a system-level power manager, may detect an energy-consumption state in the system as a whole and may trigger additional throttling in the processor core throttling mechanism. The externally-triggered throttling may temporarily increase throttling in the processor cores, in an embodiment, decreasing processor core energy consumption to account for the excess energy consumption in other parts of the system.
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