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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
May. 02, 2007
Alexander Branover, Brookline, MA (US);
Maurice Steinman, Marlborough, MA (US);
Frank Helms, Austin, TX (US);
Bill K. C. Kwan, Austin, TX (US);
W. Kurt Lewchuk, Austin, TX (US);
Paul Mackey, Austin, TX (US);
Alexander Branover, Brookline, MA (US);
Maurice Steinman, Marlborough, MA (US);
Frank Helms, Austin, TX (US);
Bill K. C. Kwan, Austin, TX (US);
W. Kurt Lewchuk, Austin, TX (US);
Paul Mackey, Austin, TX (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes applying a voltage to a first processor core of a plurality of processor cores to deactivate the first processor core, the voltage less than a retention voltage of the first processor core. The application of the voltage can be in response to a software setting. The software setting can be configured via a user input, a software application, an operating system, or a BIOS setting. Alternately, the application of the voltage can be in response to a permanent hardware setting, such as the state of a fuse associated with the first processor core.