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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Efraim Rotem, Haifa, IL;
Avinash N. Ananthakrishnan, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Doron Rajwan, Rishon Le-Zion M, IL;
Kosta Luria, Pardesiya M, IL;
Ronny Korner, Haifa, IL;
Dan Baum, Haifa, IL;
Efraim Rotem, Haifa, IL;
Avinash N. Ananthakrishnan, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Doron Rajwan, Rishon Le-Zion M, IL;
Kosta Luria, Pardesiya M, IL;
Ronny Korner, Haifa, IL;
Dan Baum, Haifa, IL;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus may comprise one or more processor cores of a processor and a set of current limiters. Each current limiter may be coupled to a respective processor core and arranged to monitor processor activity in the processor, to compare the processor activity to one or more current limits of multiple current limits; and to initiate a current-limiting action when the one or more current limits is exceeded.