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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Michael Priel, Hertzelia, IL;
Anton Rozen, Gedera, IL;
Leonid Smolyansky, Zichron Yakov, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 9/5094 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1217 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1285 (2013.01); Y02B 60/142 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a method of managing power in a multi-core data processing system having two or more processing cores, comprising determining usage characteristics for the two or more processing cores within the multi-core processing unit, and dependent on the determined usage characteristics, adapting a frequency or voltage supplied to each of the two or more processing cores, and/or adapting enablement signals provided to each of the two or more processing cores. There is also provided an apparatus for carrying out the disclosed method.