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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Maher, Carrollton, TX (US);
Raul A. Garibay, Jr., Plano, TX (US);
Margaret R. Herubin, Coppell, TX (US);
Mark Bluhm, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ;
Abstract
In accordance with the presently claimed invention, power consumption reduction control is provided to a processor used to execute instructions for data processing. A power management control signal is provided to the processor in accordance with conditions associated with the processor being operated in normal and reduced power consumption modes of operation, and an acknowledgement signal indicative of such reduced power consumption mode of operation is returned in correspondence with the power management control signal.