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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2021
Applicant:
Arm Limited, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Inventors:
Max John Batley, Cottenham, GB;
Simon John Craske, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Ian Michael Caulfield, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Peter Richard Greenhalgh, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Allan John Skillman, Kettering, GB;
Antony John Penton, Little Canfield, GB;
Assignee:
ARM LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06F 1/3293 (2019.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01); G06F 12/1027 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/3293 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 9/384 (2013.01); G06F 9/3836 (2013.01); G06F 9/3844 (2013.01); G06F 9/3867 (2013.01); G06F 9/3885 (2013.01); G06F 9/3806 (2013.01); G06F 12/1027 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatushas a processing pipelinesupporting at least a first processing mode and a second processing mode with different energy consumption or performance characteristics. A storage structureis accessible in both the first and second processing modes. When the second processing mode is selected, control circuitrytriggers a subsetof the entries of the storage structure to be placed in a power saving state.