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Using a hardware-based controller for power state management

US12086009B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2022
Grant dateSep 10, 2024
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/3296
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for transitioning, by a hardware-based controller, a system on a chip (SoC) into different power states. Techniques disclosed include tracking, by the controller, metrics associated with the SoC and transitioning, by the controller, the SoC from a first power state to a second power state based on the tracked metrics. Were the total amount of power that is used by at least a portion of the transition between the first power state to the second power state and a time spent in the second power state is less than the total amount of power that would have been used by remaining in the first power state.

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