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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul S. Diefenbaugh, Portland, OR (US);
Eugene Gorbatov, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew Henroid, Portland, OR (US);
Eric C. Samson, Folsom, CA (US);
Barnes Cooper, Hillsboro, OR (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment an apparatus includes a multiplicity of processor components; one or more device components communicatively coupled to one or more processor components of the multiplicity of processor components; and a controller comprising logic at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to schedule one or more forced idle periods interspersed with one or more active periods, a forced idle period spanning a duration during which the multiplicity of processor components and the one or more device components are simultaneously placed in respective idle states that define a forced idle power state during isolated sub-periods of the forced idle period. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.