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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Xiaogang Gu, Shanghai, CN;
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Michael A. Rothman, Puyallup, WA (US);
Yuanyuan Xing, Shanghai, CN;
Xiaogang Gu, Shanghai, CN;
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Michael A. Rothman, Puyallup, WA (US);
Yuanyuan Xing, Shanghai, CN;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, the invention involves efficiently boot and resume a machine from a low power state. In at least one embodiment, the present invention saves the processor state(s) in a buffer that allows fast access upon a resume from sleep mode. When a sleep (S3 mode) is initiated in a platform, processor state context is saved in a system reserved buffer that does not allow access to the operating system. The firmware (EFI) has access to the buffer and upon a resume, the processor context(s) are restored from a fast buffer. Other embodiments are described and claimed.