The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
William C. Rash, Saratoga, CA (US);
Martin G. Dixon, Portland, OR (US);
Yazmin A. Santiago, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); G06F 1/3246 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 9/30083 (2013.01); G06F 9/30101 (2013.01); G06F 9/30189 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores. Each core includes a core power unit to detect one or more power management events, and in response to the one or more power management events, initiate a protected power management mode in the core. Software interrupts to the core may be disabled during the protected power management mode. The core is to execute power management code during the protected power management mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.