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Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2014
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gilbert H. Herbeck, Livermore, CA (US);

Manu Gulati, Saratoga, CA (US);

Erik P. Machnicki, San Jose, CA (US);

Timothy R. Paaske, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a system includes a functional unit that remains powered when the remainder of the system is powered off. The functional unit may, in response to a transition from a first power state to a second power state, retrieve configuration information from a read-only memory. In some embodiments, may be configured to store at least a portion of the configured information in a secure portion of a memory included in the functional unit and then lock the secure portion of the memory. The functional unit may then complete the transition to the second power state.


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