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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2012
Kenneth Alan Dockser, Cary, NC (US);
Kenneth Alan Dockser, Cary, NC (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Selective power control of one or more processing elements matches a degree of parallelism to requirements of a task performed in a highly parallel programmable data processor. For example, when program operations require less than the full width of the data path, a software instruction of the program sets a mode of operation requiring a subset of the parallel processing capacity. At least one parallel processing element, that is not needed, can be shut down to conserve power. At a later time, when the added capacity is needed, execution of another software instruction sets the mode of operation to that of the wider data path, typically the full width, and the mode change reactivates the previously shut-down processing element.