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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
May. 09, 2002
Ying Cui, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric C. Samson, Folsom, CA (US);
Ariel Berkovits, Sacramento, CA (US);
Aditya Navale, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
David A. Wyatt, San Jose, CA (US);
Leslie E. Cline, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph W. Tsang, Elk Grove, CA (US);
Mark A. Blake, San Jose, CA (US);
David I. Poisner, Folsom, CA (US);
William A. Stevens, Folsom, CA (US);
Vijay R. Sar-dessai, Folsom, CA (US);
Ying Cui, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric C. Samson, Folsom, CA (US);
Ariel Berkovits, Sacramento, CA (US);
Aditya Navale, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
David A. Wyatt, San Jose, CA (US);
Leslie E. Cline, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph W. Tsang, Elk Grove, CA (US);
Mark A. Blake, San Jose, CA (US);
David I. Poisner, Folsom, CA (US);
William A. Stevens, Folsom, CA (US);
Vijay R. Sar-Dessai, Folsom, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, an integrated device is described that employs a mechanism to control power consumption of a graphics memory controller hub (GMCH) through both voltage and frequency adjustment of clock signal received from a clock generator. The GMCH comprises a graphics core and a circuit to alter operational behavior, such as the frequency of a render clock signal supplied to the graphics core. The circuit is adapted to monitor idleness of the graphics core and reduce a frequency level of the render clock signal if the idleness exceeds a determined percentage of time.