Mechanism for facilitating faster suspend/resume operations in computing systems
US9152205B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4418
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mechanism is described for facilitating faster suspend/resume operations in computing systems according to one embodiment of the invention. A method of embodiments of the invention includes initiating an entrance process into a first sleep state in response to a sleep call at a computing system, transforming from the first sleep state to a second sleep state. The transforming may include preserving at least a portion of processor context at a local memory associated with one or more processor cores of a processor at the computing system. The method may further include entering the second sleep state.
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