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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2023
Applicant:
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Adolfo S. Montero, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Abeye Teshome, Austin, TX (US);
Alok Pant, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for system-level power control for Out-of-Band (OOB) processors in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, a heterogeneous computing platform may include a network device and an Embedded Controller (EC) or OOB Microcontroller Unit (MCU) coupled to the network device, where the network device is configured to: receive an OOB packet comprising a power state change command, and forward the power state change command to the EC or the OOB MCU.