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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:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Harold Bartley, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 ;
Abstract
A method of optimizing a computer program for reduced power consumption by a processor (,) having functional units (,) that are independently controllable by instructions. The processor's instruction set (FIG.,) has instructions that may be directed to a particular functional unit (,) so as to place that functional unit in a power-down state while not being used during a program segment.