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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Gilles Ries, Saint-Jean de Moirans, FR;
Abdelaziz Goulahsen, Coublevie, FR;
Gilles Ries, Saint-Jean de Moirans, FR;
Abdelaziz Goulahsen, Coublevie, FR;
ST-Ericsson SA, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Abstract
It is proposed a method for regulating the activity of a core running at a given clock rate. The method comprises: monitoring (S) a value of a parameter of the core, the parameter being a critical parameter for a safe operating of the core; determining whether the monitored value reaches a trigger value; when the monitored value reaches the trigger value (S): modifying the clock rate of the core (S) by decreasing the ratio of active cycles of the clock; and running the core at the clock rate modified (S) by decreasing the ratio of active cycles of the clock; when the monitored value reaches a second time the trigger value (S): modifying the clock rate of the core (S) by increasing the ratio of active cycles of the clock; and running the core at the clock rate (S) modified by increasing the ratio of active cycles of the clock.