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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2009
Jensen Huang, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Franck Diard, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Saulters, Taipei, TW;
Jensen Huang, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Franck Diard, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Saulters, Taipei, TW;
NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to provide a method and system for applying automatic power conservation techniques in a computing system. Embodiments are described herein that automatically limits the frame rate of an application executing in a discrete graphics processing unit operating off battery or other such exhaustible power source. By automatically limiting the frame rate in certain detected circumstances, the rate of power consumption, and thus, the life of the current charge stored in a battery may be dramatically extended. Another embodiment is also provided which allows for the more effective application of automatic power conservation techniques during detected periods of inactivity by applying a low power state immediately after a last packet of a frame is rendered and displayed.