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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yanru Li, San Diego, CA (US);
Larry Bassel, La Jolla, CA (US);
Thomas Zeng, San Diego, CA (US);
Dexter Chun, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for reducing memory power consumption. An exemplary method comprises configuring a power saving memory balloon associated with a volatile memory. Memory allocations are steered to the power saving memory balloon. In response to initiating a memory power saving mode, data is migrated from the power saving memory balloon. A power saving feature is executed on the power saving memory balloon while in the memory power saving mode.