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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Uttam K. Sengupta, Portland, OR (US);
Rajasekaran Andiappan, Tampere, FI;
Prashanth Kalluraya, Foster City, CA (US);
Bruce L. Fleming, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2013.01); G06F 1/3243 (2013.01); G06F 9/5094 (2013.01); Y02B 60/142 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus relating to increasing energy efficiency of sensor controllers are described. In an embodiment, logic (e.g., within a sensor controller) performs one or more tasks corresponding to acquisition of data from one or more sensors. The logic performs the one or more tasks to allow a processor core of the sensor controller to enter (or stay in) a low power consumption state during performance of the one or more data acquisition tasks. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.