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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Jonah M. Alben, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert J. Hasslen, Iii, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sean J. Treichler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonah M. Alben, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert J. Hasslen, III, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sean J. Treichler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
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 configured to receive a clock signal from a clock signal generator. The clock signal to at least a portion of a functional block is disabled for a number of inactive clock cycles during a clock segment of the clock signal. The clock segment has a specified number of clock cycles and the number of inactive clock cycles is defined based on the activity-level and the specified number of clock cycles of the clock segment.