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Patent No.:

US 10963037 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventor:

Lynn R. Youngs, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01); G06F 1/3228 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/3228 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); Y02D 10/00 (2018.01); Y02D 30/50 (2020.08);
Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates reducing static power consumption of a processor. During operation, the system receives a signal indicating that instruction execution within the processor is to be temporarily halted. In response to this signal, the system halts an instruction-processing portion of the processor, and reduces the voltage supplied to the instruction-processing portion of the processor. Full voltage is maintained to a remaining portion of the processor, so that the remaining portion of the processor can continue to operate while the instruction-processing portion of the processor is in reduced power mode.


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Youngs, Lynn. (2021). Conserving power by reducing voltage supplied to an instruction-processing portion of a processor (U.S. Patent No. 10963037). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10963037

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