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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Hwisung Jung, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Hwisung Jung, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); G06F 1/3246 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method are provided to improve power efficiency of processor cores, such as processor cores in a multicore processor. A break-even time of a processor core may be determined that affects which power saving mode a processor core should enter when an expected idle of the processor core is identified. The break-even time of the processor core may be determined during run-time to help determine an applicable power saving mode that improves power efficiency of the processor core.