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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert T Jackson, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364707 ; 39520018 ;
Abstract
A system for regulating power in a mobile electronics device uses 'hint' NOP instructions having a reserved field of bits that generate control signals to affect an increase or decrease in power dissipation. The control signals raise or lower the operating potential provided by a power supply and also adjust the frequency of a clock signal in accordance with the information provided by the NOP instruction. Power is reduced for code sequences that could be executed more slowly, or the device is otherwise idle, without affecting the user's perception of overall system performance.