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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel U. Becker, San Jose, CA (US);
Aditya Kesiraju, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Srikanth Balasubramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Venkatram Krishnaswamy, Los Altos, CA (US);
Boris S. Alvarez-Heredia, Redwood City, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a power control circuit for an execute circuit is configured to monitor power consumption of operations in a pipeline of the execute circuit and potential changes in power consumption if new operations are issued into the pipeline. The power control circuit may be configured to inhibit issuance of a given operation if the change in power consumption is greater than a maximum increase. A decaying average of previous power consumptions may be maintained and compared to the potential increase in power consumption to control the rate of change in power consumption over time.