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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Sanjeev Jahagirdar, Folsom, CA (US);
Varghese George, Folsom, CA (US);
Jose Allarey, Davis, CA (US);
Eric Heit, Folsom, CA (US);
Sanjeev Jahagirdar, Folsom, CA (US);
Varghese George, Folsom, CA (US);
Jose Allarey, Davis, CA (US);
Eric Heit, Folsom, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention include an apparatus and method for dynamically choosing an optimum power state. In some embodiments, the optimum power state may be determined from historical information about the various power states that any of the embodiments of the apparatus or a system equipped with embodiments of the apparatus or operating embodiments of the method may encounter. Some embodiments may generate registers to maintain information regarding the various power states. In some embodiments, power management logic may determine the optimum power state based upon this information. Other embodiments are described.