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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brucek Kurdo Khailany, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Matthew Zimmer, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/413 (2006.01); G11C 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 14/0054 (2013.01);
Abstract
A processor and a system are provided for tuning a supply voltage for data retention. The contents of data storage circuitry are read and a data verification indication corresponding to the contents is computed. Then, the supply voltage provided to the data storage circuitry is reduced to a low voltage level that is intended to retain the contents of the data storage circuitry.