Intel Corporation

Irwin J Vaz

Mark B Rosenbluth

Sridhar Lakshmanamurthy

Bijoy Bose

Varghese George

Sanjeev S Jahagirdar

Achmed Rumi Zahir

Michael T Klinglesmith

Douglas Raymond Moran

Suri B Medapati

Alok Kumar Mathur

Vasudev Bibikar

William Knolla

Hartej Singh

Edwin O'Yang

In an embodiment, a processor includes at least one functional block and a central power controller. The at least one functional block may include at least one block component and block power logic. The block power logic may be to: receive a first request to initiate a first reduced power mode in the at least one functional block, and in response to the first request, send a notification signal to a central power controller. The central power controller may be to, in response to the notification signal: store a first state of the at least one functional block, and initiate the first reduced power mode in the at least one functional block. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

System and method for initiating a reduced power mode for one or more functional blocks of a processor based on various types of mode request

A scalable, two-stage rotating priority arbiter with re-circulation and bounded latency for use in multi-threaded, multi-processing devices. An apparatus implementing the two-stage arbiter includes a plurality of masters configured in a plurality of clusters, a plurality of targets, and an chassis interconnect that may be controlled to selectively connects a given master to a given target. The chassis interconnect includes multiple sets of bus lines connected between the plurality of clusters and the plurality of targets forming a cross-bar interconnect, including sets of bus lines corresponding to a command bus. A two-stage arbitration scheme is employed to arbitrate access to the command bus. The first arbitration stage is used to arbitrate between target requests issued by masters in a given cluster. The second arbitration stage is used to arbitrate between winning first-stage target requests. One embodiment of the arbitration scheme employs a rotating priority arbitration scheme at the first stage. Another embodiment employs a complementary rotating priority arbitration scheme at the second stage.

Method and apparatus for a high efficiency two-stage rotating priority arbiter with predictable arbitration latency

Methods and apparatus for supporting programmable burst management schemes on pipelined buses. The apparatus includes a plurality of bus masters (masters), configured in a plurality of clusters, and a plurality of target sub-groups. Each target sub-group includes one or more shared resource targets. A scalable chassis infrastructure is used to interconnect the targets with the clusters using a crossbar interconnect configuration including pipelined command, and data buses. The interconnect includes sub-group multiplexers for each sub-group and sub-group selection multiplexers coupled to each cluster. A two-stage arbiter, operatively coupled to the targets, sub-group multiplexers, and sub-group selection multiplexers, is employed to arbitrate transaction requests issued from the masters to the targets and manage transactions. The two-stage arbiter includes a provision for supporting programmable burst management, wherein selected sub-groups can be tuned for handling short or long burst traffic.

Methods and apparatus for supporting programmable burst management schemes on pipelined buses

A scalable, two-stage round-robin arbiter with re-circulation and bounded latency for use in multi-threaded, multi-processing devices. An apparatus implementing the two-stage arbiter includes a plurality of masters configured in a plurality of clusters, a plurality of targets, and an chassis interconnect that may be controlled to selectively connects a given master to a given target. The chassis interconnect includes multiple sets of bus lines connected between the plurality of clusters and the plurality of targets forming a cross-bar interconnect, including sets of bus lines corresponding to a command bus. A two-stage arbitration scheme is employed to arbitrate access to the command bus. The first arbitration stage is used to arbitrate between command requests issued by masters in a given cluster. The second arbitration stage is used to arbitrate between winning first stage command requests. One embodiment of the arbitration scheme employs re-circulation of second stage losers. Another embodiment employs re-prioritization of second stage losers.

Scalable, two-stage round robin arbiter with re-circulation and bounded latency

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Irwin J Vaz