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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2019
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alexander Gendler, Kiriat Motzkin, IL;
Doron Rajwan, Rishon Le-Zion, IL;
Tal Kuzi, Tel Aviv, IL;
Dean Mulla, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ariel Szapiro, Tel Aviv, IL;
Nir Tell, Atlit, IL;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A parallel multi-step power management flow apparatus and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises a plurality of processing entities to execute operations, a power controller coupled to the plurality of processing entities to control power management for the plurality of processing entities, and a plurality of agents, where each of the plurality of agents is operable to perform a power control flow for one of the processing entities by separately scheduling, using a scheduler, and executing a plurality of power control flow phases in response to a plurality of requests received from the power controller, and each agent is operable to send a plurality of acknowledgements, one acknowledgement for each phase, upon completion of the plurality of power control flow phases.