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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Suresh K. Marisetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Suresh K. Marisetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power management mechanism for use in a computer system having a bus, a memory for storing data and instructions, and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU runs an operating system having a power management virtual device driver (PMV×D) responsible for performing idle detection for devices. The PMV×D performs idle detection using event timers that provide an indicator as to the activity level. The PMV×D places idle local devices in a reduced power consumption state when no activity has occurred for a predetermined period of time.