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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
James S. Ismail, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John M. Ananny, San Mateo, CA (US);
John G. Dorsey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bryan R. Hinch, Campbell, CA (US);
Aditya Venkataraman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Keith Cox, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inder M. Sodhi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Achmed R. Zahir, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, an electronic device includes a package power zone controller. The device monitors the overall power consumption of multiple components of a 'package.' The package power zone controller may detect workloads in which the package components (e.g. different types of processors, peripheral hardware, etc.) are each consuming relatively low levels of power, but the overall power consumption is greater than a desired target. The package power zone controller may implement various mechanisms to reduce power consumption in such cases.