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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Eric C. Samson, Folsom, CA (US);
Aditya Navale, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Leslie E. Cline, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eric C. Samson, Folsom, CA (US);
Aditya Navale, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Leslie E. Cline, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for conserving power in an electronic device. In particular, embodiments of the present invention dynamically place the memory in self-refresh and chipset clock circuits in power down mode while keeping the isochronous streams (such as display) updated and servicing bus master cycles in a power savings mode.