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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2018
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vijay S. R. Degalahal, Bangalore, IN;

Pronay Dutta, Portland, OR (US);

Robert Gough, Beaverton, OR (US);

Panner Kumar, Bangalore, IN;

Chia-Hung Kuo, Folsom, CA (US);

Karthi Vadivelu, Folsom, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01); G06F 1/3228 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/3228 (2013.01); G06F 1/3243 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a system on chip includes: at least one core; a plurality of intellectual property (IP) agents coupled to the at least one core; a shared power rail to provide an operating voltage to the plurality of IP agents; and a power controller, in response to an indication that the plurality of IP agents are in an idle state and the at least one core is in an active state, to power down the shared power rail while the at least one core remains in the active state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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