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Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Graphcore Limited, Bristol, GB;

Inventors:

Owain Jones, Bristol, GB;

Daniel John Pelham Wilkinson, Bristol, GB;

Assignee:

GRAPHCORE LIMITED, Bristol, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 1/08 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5094 (2013.01); G06F 1/08 (2013.01); G06F 9/4893 (2013.01); G06F 9/522 (2013.01); H03K 5/00006 (2013.01);
Abstract

A predictive clock controller is provided for modifying the frequency of a clock signal provided to a processing unit based on knowledge of the power usage by the application running on the processing unit during different execution periods. The predictive clock controller counts barrier syncs for the application, so as to determine where the application is in its sync schedule. The predictive clock controller is able to determine from the number of counted syncs, when the application will transition from one execution period to another execution period with different power requirements, and to adjust the clock frequency accordingly.


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