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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chee Lim Nge, Beaverton, OR (US);

Chia-Hung Kuo, Folsom, CA (US);

Nivedita Aggarwal, Portland, OR (US);

Venkataramani Gopalakrishnan, Folsom, CA (US);

Robert Gough, Beaverton, OR (US);

Basavaraj Astekar, Portland, OR (US);

Vijaykumar Kadgi, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/3293 (2019.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 1/3293 (2013.01); G06F 9/4411 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods for managing power consumption of a data-path in a computer system are provided, the data-path comprising a first port and a second port, the first port comprising a high-speed and the second port comprising a low-speed port. The disclosed method including connecting a device to the data-path, determining that the connected device is to communicate using the second port and turning off an active circuit associated with the first port of the data-path.


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