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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999

Filed:

Nov. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:

Allen Thor, Livingston, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713501 ; 713601 ;
Abstract

A system for controlling a clock rate of a microprocessor which includes a core clock operatively coupled to the processor, the core clock providing the microprocessor with a core clock signal for clocking the processor. A power supply operatively coupled to the microprocessor provides power to the processor. An intelligent clock generating system provides the core clock with at least one clock signal of a plurality of clock signals to be used as the core clock signal, wherein the plurality of clock signals includes a master clock signal and at least one ramped clock signal.


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