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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2001
James S. Burns, Los Altos, CA (US);
Stefan Rusu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David J. Ayers, Fremont, CA (US);
Edward T. Grochowski, San Jose, CA (US);
Marsha Eng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vivek Tiwari, San Jose, CA (US);
James S. Burns, Los Altos, CA (US);
Stefan Rusu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David J. Ayers, Fremont, CA (US);
Edward T. Grochowski, San Jose, CA (US);
Marsha Eng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vivek Tiwari, San Jose, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A processor includes a digital throttle to monitor the activity of various units of the processor's instruction execution pipeline, and to determine a power state for the processor from the monitored activity. One of two or more power control mechanisms is engaged, responsive to the power state of the processor reaching a threshold.