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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2005
Applicants:

Gila Kamhi, Zichron Yaakov, IL;

Zelig Wayner, Haifa, IL;

Amit Gradstein, Binyamina, IL;

Yoad Yagil, Haifa, IL;

Thierry Pons, Hadera, IL;

Ittai Anati, Haifa, IL;

Ranan Fraer, Haifa, IL;

Inventors:

Gila Kamhi, Zichron Yaakov, IL;

Zelig Wayner, Haifa, IL;

Amit Gradstein, Binyamina, IL;

Yoad Yagil, Haifa, IL;

Thierry Pons, Hadera, IL;

Ittai Anati, Haifa, IL;

Ranan Fraer, Haifa, IL;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a processor having an inactive state of operation and methods thereof. The processor, according to some demonstrative embodiments of the invention, the processor may include a controller to determine an inactive state of operation is to be entered, and to cause a predetermined set of one or more execution units to execute a predetermined sequence of one or more micro-operations prior to entering the inactive state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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