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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Benjamin Tsien, Fremont, CA (US);

Chintan S. Patel, San Antonio, TX (US);

Guhan Krishnan, Acton, MA (US);

Andrew William Lueck, Austin, TX (US);

Sreenath Thangarajan, Chennai, IN;

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0897 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0897 (2013.01); G06F 2212/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data processor includes a data fabric, a memory controller, a last level cache, and a traffic monitor. The data fabric is for routing requests between a plurality of requestors and a plurality of responders. The memory controller is for accessing a volatile memory. The last level cache is coupled between the memory controller and the data fabric. The traffic monitor is coupled to the last level cache and operable to monitor traffic between the last level cache and the memory controller, and based on detecting an idle condition in the monitored traffic, to cause the memory controller to command the volatile memory to enter self-refresh mode while the last level cache maintains an operational power state and responds to cache hits over the data fabric.


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