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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:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Eckhart Koppen, Tampere, FI;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/06 (2013.01); G06F 1/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a processor may include a first clock circuit to generate a first clock signal, a plurality of functional blocks, and clock logic. Each functional block may include a sub-clock circuit to generate a second clock signal based on the first clock signal, and a counter to store a count of active consumer of the second clock signal. The clock logic may, in response to a determination that the counter of a first functional block has a value less than one, disable the sub-clock circuit of the first functional block. Other embodiments are described and claimed.