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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Alexander Gendler, Kiriat Motzkin, IL;
Arye Albahari, Kiriat Yam, IL;
Yair Talker, Binyamina, IL;
Yossi Ben Simon, Karmiel, IL;
Inbar Weintrob, Tel Aviv, IL;
Alexander Gendler, Kiriat Motzkin, IL;
Arye Albahari, Kiriat Yam, IL;
Yair Talker, Binyamina, IL;
Yossi Ben Simon, Karmiel, IL;
Inbar Weintrob, Tel Aviv, IL;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are apparatus, system, and method for providing clock signal on demand. The method comprises determining an indication of clock signal usage in multiple hardware logic units; generating an enable signal according to the indication; and gating or un-gating the clock signal for clock islands of at least a hardware logic unit, of the multiple hardware logic units, in response to a logic level of the enable signal, wherein the clock islands are part of a global clock distribution network and are operable to be enabled or disabled independently.