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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2003
Christopher A. Poirier, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Samuel D. Naffziger, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher J. Bostak, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher A. Poirier, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Samuel D. Naffziger, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher J. Bostak, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising an integrated circuit on a VLSI die, and an embedded micro-controller constructed on the VLSI die, the micro-controller adapted to monitor and control the VLSI environment to optimize the integrated circuit operation. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method for monitoring and controlling an integrated circuit comprising providing an embedded micro-controller on a same VLSI die as the integrated circuit, monitoring and controlling a VLSI environment of the integrated circuit with the embedded micro-controller.