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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2011
Applicants:

Alan L. Goodrum, Tomball, TX (US);

Scott Patrick Faasse, Tomball, TX (US);

Darren John Cepulis, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Alan L. Goodrum, Tomball, TX (US);

Scott Patrick Faasse, Tomball, TX (US);

Darren John Cepulis, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An example system includes a power capping controller to assert an output based on exceeding a power threshold for a computer system. A central processing unit (CPU) core is provided to enter a low-power C-state based on the output being asserted via a control path that bypasses an operating system command.


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