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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ilan Aelion, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Aleksandr Frid, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Satya Popuri, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3218 (2013.01); G06F 1/04 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1217 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clock frequency controller for a processor and a method of operation thereof. The clock frequency controller may be embodied in a processor, including: (1) a processing core operable at a clock frequency to undertake a processing of a graphics application, and (2) a clock frequency controller coupled to the processing core and operable to adjust the clock frequency based on a current frame rate of the processing and a target frame rate for the processing.