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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Canturk Isci, Hawthorne, NY (US);
Jeffrey O. Kephart, Hawthorne, NY (US);
Suzanne K. McIntosh, Hawthorne, NY (US);
Scott A. Piper, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert R. Wolford, Cleveland, OH (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of saving power in a computing system having a plurality of dial in-line memory modules (DIMMs) and employing a suspend-to-RAM sleep mode includes, when entering suspend-to-RAM sleep mode, consolidating selected information into a subset of DIMMs, and turning off power to all other DIMMs. A DIMM power rail may be coupled to each of the DIMMs, the DIMM power rail being configured to selectively have power being supplied to respective DIMMs turned off in response to enable/disable logic signals.