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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2008
Sanjiv Kapil, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sanjiv Kapil, Cupertino, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Rewood City, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises one or more registers and a control unit coupled to the one or more registers. The control unit is configured to monitor a power state in one or more memory modules during execution of an application, and to store data generated during the monitoring in the one or more registers. In an embodiment, a system comprises a memory controller and a plurality of memory module interface units (MMIUs) coupled to the memory controller. Each of the plurality of MMIUs: is coupled to a respective plurality of memory modules; comprises one or more registers; is configured to monitor a power state in the respective plurality of memory modules during execution of an application; and is configured to store data generated during the monitoring in the one or more registers.