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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Robert T. Golla, Round Rock, TX (US);
Ricky C. Hetherington, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert T. Golla, Round Rock, TX (US);
Ricky C. Hetherington, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling power consumption in a processor. In one embodiment, a processor includes a pipeline. The pipeline includes logic for fetching instructions, issuing instructions, and executing instructions. The processor also includes a power management unit. The power management unit is configured to input M stalls into the pipeline every N instruction cycles (where M and N are integer value and wherein M is less than N).