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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2010
David A. Carlson, Haslet, TX (US);
Richard E. Kessler, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Amer Haider, Saratoga, CA (US);
David A. Carlson, Haslet, TX (US);
Richard E. Kessler, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Amer Haider, Saratoga, CA (US);
Cavium, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to limiting maximum power dissipation occurred in a processor. Therefore, when an application that requires excessive amounts of power is being executed, the execution of the application may be prevented to reduce dissipated or consumed power. Example embodiments may stall the issue or execution of instructions by the processor, allowing software or hardware to reduce the power of an application by imposing a decrease in the performance of the application.