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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sajjad Pagarkar, San Diego, CA (US);
Karthik Ranganathan Vishwanathan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Innovation Center, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 1/324 (2019.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/3243 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 9/5094 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01); Y02D 10/152 (2018.01); Y02D 10/171 (2018.01); Y02D 10/172 (2018.01); Y02D 10/22 (2018.01);
Abstract
A device and method for controlling a voltage applied to processor cores of a processor are disclosed. The method includes processing a plurality of tasks on the processor with a plurality of processor cores and applying a rail voltage to the plurality of processor cores. The number of the plurality of processor cores that are active is adjusted, and the rail voltage that is applied to the plurality of processor cores is adjusted based upon the number of the plurality of processor cores that are active.