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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Karim M. Abdalla, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Robert J. Hasslen, Iii, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Karim M. Abdalla, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Robert J. Hasslen, III, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention includes receiving an indicator of an activity-level of a functional block within an electronic chip. The functional block is included in a processing pipeline having a plurality of functional blocks. Each functional block from the plurality is configured to receive a clock signal from a clock signal generator. A status of the functional block is determined based on the activity-level. The clock signal to at least a portion of the functional block is disabled when the status is an inactive status.