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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/06 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 9/3869 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1217 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for scaling frequency and operating voltage of at least one clock domain of a microprocessor. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to techniques to divide a microprocessor into clock domains and control the frequency and operating voltage of each clock domain independently of the others.