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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. 15, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2014
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Barnes Cooper, Tigard, OR (US);

Jaya L. Jeyaseelan, Campbell, CA (US);

Robert E. Gough, Sherwood, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3228 (2013.01); G06F 1/3253 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1235 (2013.01); Y02B 60/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for intelligent power management for low power link states. Some embodiments include methods, apparatuses, and systems for a device coupled to a controller via a link; a link power management engine to alter a power state of the link based on a transaction and some knowledge of future transactions between the device and the controller; and a memory or logic to store the link power management engine. In some embodiments, the memory stores information about at least one of the following: the power state of the link, the device buffering, the controller or device state or a history of transactions. In some embodiments, the device is a peripheral of a computer system. In some embodiments, the method may include transitioning the device to various link states. Other embodiments are described.


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