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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ati Technologies Ulc, Markham, CA;
Benjamin Tsien, Fremont, CA (US);
Alexander J. Branover, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Ming L. So, Danville, CA (US);
Philip Ng, Toronto, CA;
Xiao Gang Zheng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Felix Ho, Toronto, CA;
Joseph Scanlon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher T. Weaver, Boxborough, MA (US);
Xiaojie He, Austin, TX (US);
Carl Kittredge Wakeland, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, CA;
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for aligning active and idle phases of components in a computing system are disclosed. A computing system includes components that can be forced into an active or idle phase and components that cannot be forced into an active or idle phase. The system implements schemes for aligning the active and idle phases of the components within the system. For example, a timer starts counting when a processor and memory subsystem go from a low power state to an operational state. If the amount of time spent by the processor and memory subsystems in the operational state without transitioning to the low power state exceeds a threshold, the system forces active-to-idle and idle-to-active phase transitions of components in the system in order to cause a realignment of active and idle phases of the various components within the system.