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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Applicants:
David Tarjan, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Kevin Skadron, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Inventors:
David Tarjan, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Kevin Skadron, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/40 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for removing a register of a processor from an active state. In operation, an aspect of a portion of a processor capable of simultaneously processing a plurality of threads is identified. Additionally, a register of the processor is conditionally removed from an active state, based on the aspect.