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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2012
Oleksandr Khodorkovsky, Toronto, CA;
Paul Blinzer, Bellevue, WA (US);
Korhan Erenben, Mississauga, CA;
Leonard Martin Berk, Toronto, CA;
Min Zhang, Richmond Hill, CA;
Oleksandr Khodorkovsky, Toronto, CA;
Paul Blinzer, Bellevue, WA (US);
Korhan Erenben, Mississauga, CA;
Leonard Martin Berk, Toronto, CA;
Min Zhang, Richmond Hill, CA;
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method of operating a processing device is provided. The method includes, responsive to an idle state of the processing device, transitioning the processing device to a substantially disabled state. The processing device, for example, may be a graphics processing unit (GPU). Transitioning the processing device to a substantially disabled state upon detection of an idle state may result in power savings. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also provided.