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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2004
Applicants:
Masakazu Suzuoki, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masakazu Suzuoki, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A processing element (PE) includes a processing unit (PU) and a number of attached processing units (APUs). The instruction set of each APU is divided a priori into a number of types, each type associated with a different amount of heat generation. Each APU keeps track of the amount of each type of instruction executed over a time period, —the power information, —and provides this power information to the PU. The PU then performs power management as a function of the provided power information from each APU, —such as directing a particular APU to enter an idle state to reduce power consumption.