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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Poh Thiam Teoh, Seri Damansara, MY;
Inventor:
Poh Thiam Teoh, Seri Damansara, MY;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3215 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/3253 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1235 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus relating to Active State Power Management (ASPM) to reduce power consumption by PCI express components are described. In one embodiment, a special packet with embedded information triggers entry into a lower power consumption state. The embedded information may include flow control credit information outstanding between two agents and the target power consumption state. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.