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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Greg Sadowski, Cambridge, MA (US);
George Jacobs, Sterling, MA (US);
Paul Chow, Richmond Hill, CA;
ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A video decoder () with reduced power consumption includes a power management controller () that is operative to select one of a plurality of different power consumption states for a video decoder (), and, in response to the determination, vary power consumption of at least one operational portion of the video decoder (). In addition, in one example, a method () for reducing power consumption for a video decoder () includes determining input stream encoding description data () to select one of a plurality of different power consumption states for a video decoder () and, in response to the determination, varying power consumption of at least one operational portion of the video decoder ().