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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Balakesan P. Thevar, Bangalore, IN;
Aashish S. Pangam, Bangalore, IN;
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments are generally directed to automated selective power cycling of an inoperative hardware-based subsystem of a computing device, while not power cycling other components of the computing device, in response to detection of that subsystem becoming inoperative. An apparatus comprising a controller processor circuit; a first component comprising digital logic and provided with electric power controlled by the controller processor circuit; a second component comprising digital logic and provided with electric power controlled by the controller processor circuit; and a controller storage communicatively coupled to the controller processor circuit and arranged to store instructions operative on the controller processor circuit to receive a signal that indicates that the first component is inoperative, and cycle the electric power to the first component while continuing to provide electric power to the second component based on the signal. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein.