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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2012
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gururaj K. Shamanna, Austin, TX (US);

Stefan Rusu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Phani Kumar Kandula, Bangalore, IN;

Sankalan Prasad, Bangalore, IN;

Mandar R. Ranade, Bangalore, IN;

Narayanan Natarajan, Bangalore, IN;

Tessil Thomas, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1285 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described is a processor comprising: a plurality of transistors operable to provide dynamically adjustable transistor size, the plurality of transistors coupled at one end to a first power supply and coupled at another end to a second power supply; a circuit coupled to the second power supply, the second power supply to provide power to the circuit; and a power control unit (PCU) to monitor the level of the first power supply, and to dynamically adjust the transistor size of the plurality of transistors so that the second power supply is adjusted to keep the circuit operational.


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