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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Philip David Rose, Islip, GB;
Philip David Rose, Islip, GB;
PLX Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for dynamically adjusting a system clock of a plurality of system clock-controlled components in a system is provided, the method comprising: detecting the receipt of a command at a non-system clock-controlled component of the system; and adjusting the system clock to a fast speed based on the detecting. This embodiment may also include: determining that the command has been completed; determining that there are no outstanding commands in the plurality of system clock-controlled components; and adjusting the system clock to a slow speed based on the determination that there are no outstanding commands in the plurality of system clock-controlled components.