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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2005
Shekhar Borkar, Beaverton, OR (US);
Tanay Karnik, Portland, OR (US);
Shu-ling Garver, Scappoose, OR (US);
Shekhar Borkar, Beaverton, OR (US);
Tanay Karnik, Portland, OR (US);
Shu-ling Garver, Scappoose, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
According to embodiments of the disclosed subject matter in this application, a power management system with multiple voltage regulator ('VRs') may be used to supply power to cores in a many-core processor. Each VR may supply power to a core or a part of a core. Different VRs may provide multiple voltages to a core/part in the many-core processor. The value of the output voltage of a VR may be modulated under the direction of the core/part to which the voltage regulator supplies power. In one embodiment, the multiple VRs may be integrated with cores in a single die. In another embodiment, the power management system with multiple VRs may be on a die ('the VR die') separate from the die of the many-core processor. The VR die may be included in the same package as the many-core processor die.