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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Lars Soendergaard Bertelsen, Aalborg, DK;
Michael Allen, Austin, TX (US);
Joern Soerensen, Aars, DK;
James Dennis Dodrill, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Joseph Patrick Geisler, Austin, TX (US);
Lars Soendergaard Bertelsen, Aalborg, DK;
Michael Allen, Austin, TX (US);
Joern Soerensen, Aars, DK;
James Dennis Dodrill, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Joseph Patrick Geisler, Austin, TX (US);
MediaTek Inc., Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit comprising a plurality of processing cores, characterised by comprising electrically controllable switches for controlling the supply of power to one or more of the processing cores, a memory for saving state data from at least one of the processing cores and a controller adapted to control the supply of power to one or more of the processing cores such that processing cores can be de-powered.