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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Ludger Mimberg, San Jose, CA (US);
David G. Reed, Saratoga, CA (US);
David Wyatt, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary D. Hicok, Mesa, AZ (US);
Rambod Jacoby, San Jose, CA (US);
Ludger Mimberg, San Jose, CA (US);
David G. Reed, Saratoga, CA (US);
David Wyatt, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary D. Hicok, Mesa, AZ (US);
Rambod Jacoby, San Jose, CA (US);
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In a computer system with multiple processing units, power to one or more of the processing units is turned off while the other processing units remain powered on. The processing unit that is powered off may be a GPU on a graphics adapter card, and power to this GPU is controlled by turning on and off the power supplied through a voltage regulator. With this configuration, power to the GPU on the graphics adapter card can be turned off when it is not in use or when it is being used for graphics processing that another graphics processor can handle.