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Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2012
Applicants:

Oleksandr Khodorkovsky, Toronto, CA;

Paul Blinzer, Bellevue, WA (US);

Korhan Erenben, Mississauga, CA;

Leonard Martin Berk, Toronto, CA;

Min Zhang, Richmond Hill, CA;

Inventors:

Oleksandr Khodorkovsky, Toronto, CA;

Paul Blinzer, Bellevue, WA (US);

Korhan Erenben, Mississauga, CA;

Leonard Martin Berk, Toronto, CA;

Min Zhang, Richmond Hill, CA;

Assignees:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/325 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G09G 3/003 (2013.01); G09G 5/363 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01); G09G 2360/06 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1225 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1282 (2013.01);
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.


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