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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Joseph Macri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Morein, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Claude Gauthier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ming-ju E. Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lin Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Macri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Morein, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Claude Gauthier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ming-Ju E. Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lin Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of a power consumption reduction process for memory interfaces are described. A power management process reduces the amount of time that current flows in a high or low terminated, current or voltage mode unipolar bus interface by reducing the amount of time the bus remains in a logic state that requires current flow.