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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2002
Applicant:
James Richard Terrell, Ii, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventor:
James Richard Terrell, II, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
PortalPlayer, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for controlling the frequency of a common clock which is shared by a plurality of processing elements. The usage of the common clock by each of the plurality of processing elements is measured, and the common clock is controlled to have a frequency determined as a function of the measured common clock usage by the plurality of processing elements.