Hardware coordination of power management activities
US7272741B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 2, 2004 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/3203
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods of managing power provide for receiving notification of a pending power state transition and using coordination hardware to determine whether the power state transition in a primary device is permitted by a set of secondary devices. In one embodiment, the primary device shares a resource with the set of secondary devices.
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