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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2012
Eran Tal, San Jose, CA (US);
Benoit M. Schillings, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael John Mckenzie Toksvig, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eran Tal, San Jose, CA (US);
Benoit M. Schillings, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a processor of a computing device executes a sequence of instructions that depends on one or more external operations. Software of the computing device determines a clocking policy for the processor during execution of the sequence of instructions. The clocking policy is based at least in part on a pattern of execution involving the sequence of instructions and the external operations, and the clocking policy modifies a clock speed of the processor. The software of the computing device applies the clocking policy to the processor during execution of at least a portion of the sequence of instructions.