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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:
Jul. 18, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mihir Shaileshbhai Doctor, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Alexander J. Branover, Boxborough, MA (US);

Benjamin Tsien, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Indrani Paul, Austin, TX (US);

Christopher T. Weaver, Boxborough, MA (US);

Thomas J. Gibney, Boxborough, MA (US);

Stephen V. Kosonocky, Fort Collins, CO (US);

John P. Petry, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01); G06F 1/3278 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices and methods for linear addressing are provided. A device is provided which comprises a plurality of components having assigned registers used to store data to execute a program and a power management controller, in communication with the components. The power management controller is configured to send one of a request to remove power to the components and a request to reduce power to the components when it is determined that the components are idle, execute a first process of one of removing power and reducing power to the components and entering a reduced power state when an acknowledgement of the request is received and execute a second process of restoring power to the components when one or more of the components are indicated to be active.


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