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Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2022
Applicant:

Mitac Computing Technology Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;

Inventors:

Jyun-Jie Wang, Taoyuan, TW;

Yen-Lun Tseng, Taoyuan, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 1/3246 (2019.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 1/3246 (2013.01); G06F 3/0629 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 1/3268 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 9/4418 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of power management includes steps of: in response to receiving from a server host a sleep command, an expander first outputting a predetermined register value to a processing unit in a normal state, and then switching to a power-saving state and outputting an interrupt signal to the processing unit; the processing unit determining whether both the predetermined register value and the interrupt signal are received; and when it is determined that both the predetermined register value and the interrupt signal have been received, the processing unit controlling a power supply to output standby electricity, making the expander and the processing unit operate based on the standby electricity.


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