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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
Mehrdad Abrishami, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jianwei Bei, Rockville, MD (US);
Benjamin Beasley, North Potomac, MD (US);
Mehrdad Abrishami, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jianwei Bei, Rockville, MD (US);
Benjamin Beasley, North Potomac, MD (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A method for altering an operating frequency of a processor. The method includes monitoring a real-time performance indicator of a system, and determining a desired frequency in response to the indicator. The indicator may be an amount of idle time of a processor of the system. The method also includes selectively altering an operating frequency of the processor in response to a comparison of the desired frequency and the operating frequency, including increasing the operating frequency in response to the desired frequency being greater than the operating frequency, and decreasing the operating frequency only in response to the desired frequency being less than the operating frequency by more than a predetermined value.