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7310738 Multifunctional control of cooling systems for computers  
A fan controller in one exemplary embodiment facilitates control over a cooling system having fans in a computing apparatus, and permits operating system and application program based software...
7310667 Method and apparatus for server load sharing based on foreign port distribution  
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for handling requests in a data processing system. A plurality of processes is provided to handle the requests. Each of the plurality of processes is...
7310739 Universal serial bus and method for transmitting serial clock and serial data signals during power-saving mode  
A universal serial bus (USB) with a power-saving mode and an operating method thereof are provided. When the USB peripheral is coupled to the USB host, the USB host core logic of the USB host...
7310740 System and method for a configurable portable information handling system cover switch delay  
Power down to a reduced power state, such as a standby or off state, of an information handling system is delayed by a user-configured time after detection of closing of the cover of the...
7308051 Efficient signal decoding for low-power applications  
A signal having a segment is received into a first device, and a segment is sampled before a predetermined match range to determine a first on or off status of the segment. A determination is made...
7308590 Automatic dynamic processor operating voltage control  
A technique to adjust a processor's operating voltage dynamically while preventing a user from placing the processor into a harmful operating voltage state in relation to the core/bus frequency...
7308589 Controlling power consumption peaks in electronic circuits  
An electronic circuit is provided that comprises a plurality of storage elements ( 101 - 105 ) arranged for storing of data elements, and a plurality of processing elements. The plurality of...
7308587 Method and apparatus for preventing the transitioning of computer system power modes while the system is in motion  
A computer apparatus provides control for automatically switching the apparatus between various operating modes requiring varying levels of power consumption. An embedded controller determines...
7307837 Method and apparatus for enforcing of power control in a blade center chassis  
A mechanism for changing ownership over the physical power to a blade server in a blade center chassis that prevents a malfunctioning blade from jeopardizing other components in the chassis. When...
7308585 Low power residual remaining power indicator  
Provided is an information processing apparatus that performs a desired process by a user while preserving a low consumption power state. The information processing apparatus comprises an electric...
7305571 Power network reconfiguration using MEM switches  
A structure and method for power distribution to a network for an integrated circuit chip complex are provided. The chip complex has at least two sectors, each having at least one power providing...
7305569 Apparatus, system and method for adjusting a set of actual power states according to a function depending on a set of desired power states  
Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to compare a set of desired power states associated with components included in an applications subsystem and one or more...
7305502 Compressing an amount of uncompressed data less than amount of hibernation related data written to storage via DMA controller when requested write is pending  
An improved hibernation method and system, including the use of a modified DMA (Direct Memory Access) mode of transferring data to and from the disk. The use of DMA increases data transfer speed,...
7302597 Microprocessors with improved efficiency processing a variant signed magnitude format  
A microprocessor is arranged to process instructions at least some of which contain at least one immediate value which forms an operand of the function, wherein said immediate value is represented...
7302599 Instantaneous frequency-based microprocessor power management  
A power management controller for instantaneous frequency-based microprocessor power management including first and second PLLs, select logic, and source control logic. The first PLL generates a...
7302281 Wireless LAN utilizability detecting system and method  
The disclosed system, is arranged as an adapter for mounting a wireless LAN card 3 on a data terminal device 2, and it obtains a detection output based on the intensity of wave in a...
7302593 Method for remotely querying a blade server's physical location within a rack of blade servers  
A system and method to determine a physical location of a blade server. In one embodiment, electromagnetic fields are from at least two electromagnetic sources are radiated. The two electromagnetic...
7302598 Apparatus to reduce the internal frequency of an integrated circuit by detecting a drop in the voltage and frequency  
A semiconductor integrated circuit is disclosed that operates in synch with a clock signal supplied from an external source, and by a voltage supplied by a power supply. The circuit includes a...
7299370 Method and apparatus for improved reliability and reduced power in a processor by automatic voltage control during processor idle states  
A method and apparatus automatically transferring to an enhanced low-power state of a processor is disclosed. In one embodiment, either all or a portion of a processor core clock distribution grid...
7299373 Systems and methods for a controllable release of power supply in a mobile device  
Systems and methods are disclosed for removing a power supply from a host unit running a computer program, without losing data or causing a cold boot. The present invention employs a retaining...
7295197 Flat-panel display apparatus and its control method  
A display apparatus includes a display panel having a plurality of display elements, and a display controller for controlling the display panel in a normal display mode, a first power saving mode,...
7296168 Method and apparatus to minimize power and ground bounce in a logic device  
A predictive power regulation apparatus and method that minimizes power and ground bounce in a logic device. The apparatus includes a predictor and a voltage or current smoothing device connected...
7296171 Selecting a power state based on predefined parameters  
An algorithm automatically selects a power state based on device configuration parameters. The selected power state may then be returned and/or automatically implemented in a shutdown of the...
7296167 Combined system responses in a chip multiprocessor  
In one embodiment, a node comprises, integrated onto a single integrated circuit chip (in some embodiments), a plurality of processor cores and a node controller coupled to the plurality of...
7293182 Methods and apparatus for powering a data communications port  
A data communications device includes a supervisory circuit, a power supply, and a power circuit. The power circuit includes a data communications port, a power supply connection coupled to the...
7293183 System for storing working context in a non-volatile memory while in a power-off suspend mode and restoring the working context when the power-off suspend mode is released  
Provided are an apparatus and method of transmitting working context, which can minimize power consumption in a power-off standby mode of a portable apparatus including a system on a chip, where...
7293181 Use of one voltage regulator module to support two processors to improve power and thermal limitations  
Several processors have specifications setting forth that each processor be coupled to a separate specified voltage regulator circuit. Instead, a number of specified voltage regulator circuit(s) is...
7293187 Image sensing apparatus and power managing method  
If supply of power from a main power source is insufficient but power being supplied from a communication interface (such as a USB interface) is sufficient, an image sensing apparatus (such as a...
7293184 Programmatic binding for power management events involving execution of instructions in a first programming system with a first interface and a second programming system with a second interface  
A plurality of instructions corresponding to a power management event are received. An instruction of the plurality of instructions is executed in a first programming system with a first interface,...
7290120 Microprocessor having a power-saving fetch and decoding unit for fetching and decoding compressed program instructions and having a program instruction sequencer  
A microprocessor having a power-saving fetch and decoding unit for fetching and decoding compressed program instructions and having a program instruction sequencer is disclosed. The microprocessor...
7290161 Reducing CPU and bus power when running in power-save modes  
A processing system includes a bus and a processor whose core is constrained to have one or more core clock signal frequencies no lower than a predetermined multiple of the lowest of one or more...
7290154 Probabilistic and introverted switching to conserve energy in a digital system  
A processor having binary switches is configured to operate at a predetermined probability value that the logical value of each switch is correct. A supply voltage is coupled to the binary...
7290156 Frequency-voltage mechanism for microprocessor power management  
A frequency-voltage mechanism for power management including first and second PLLs, select logic, control logic, and voltage control logic. The first PLL generates a first source clock signal at a...
7290152 Method and system for managing power within a compute component of a multiprocessor system  
A power management system ( 100 ) for a multiple compute component system ( 30 ). The management system ( 100 ) enables operational management of individual compute components ( 40, 50 ) in two low...
7290153 System, method, and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a microprocessor  
Included in this disclosure is a circuit for reducing power consumption in a microprocessor. The circuit comprises a microprocessor, at least one full instruction decoder configured to decode a...
7287153 Processing of processor performance state information  
A basic input/output system (BIOS) evaluates a plurality of performance state data that is stored in a disposable memory to determine if one of the plurality matches a set of processor criteria,...
7287173 Method for computing power consumption levels of instruction and recompiling the program to reduce the excess power consumption  
In some embodiments, a method and apparatus for power performance monitors for low-power program tuning are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the computation of power consumption...
7287169 Electronic device and timer therefor with tamper event stamp features and related methods  
An electronic timer may include a clock reference signal generator and a real time clock (RTC) circuit for generating real time data based upon the clock reference signal. The RTC circuit may...
7285989 Device for detection of power-off  
A power-off detection device is formed without use of a photo coupler, which is expensive and occupies a relatively large area. The power-off detection device rectifies AC power, provided as...
7287174 Input device with reduced dead band of an analog output signal  
An input device includes contacts having resistive elements and low-resistance elements opposing the respective resistive elements, an operating unit varying the contact areas between the...
7287175 Optical network terminal with low-power sleep logic that substantially extends the life of the battery after the AC main power supply has been lost  
An optical network terminal includes a sleep logic circuit that assumes responsibility for monitoring off-hook transitions after the AC main power supply has failed for a predetermined period of...
7287149 Inserting decoder reconfiguration instruction for routine with limited number of instruction types recoded for reduced bit changes  
An information processing method for coding a program to enable an information processing device having an instruction decoder having a reconfigurable circuit, comprises the steps of: simulating...
7286806 Detachable radio module  
A radio module that detachably connects with a host device. A radio module is provided that includes an antenna as an integral part of the radio module. The antenna satisfies regulatory...
7284137 System and method for managing power consumption within an integrated circuit  
An integrated circuit includes power gating circuits for coupling an associated circuit block with a power supply voltage. The power gating circuits also generate power consumption measurements for...
7284145 Clock control circuit and integrated circuit  
A clock management control circuit of the present invention is a clock control circuit for supplying a valid clock signal to a target circuit in accordance with a system clock signal. When a valid...
7281142 Apparatus, system, and method for securely providing power supply commands  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for securely providing power supply commands. A security feature is added to the remote management of power-on and power-off sequences. The feature...
7281146 Dynamic power requirement budget manager  
A system and method to determine a presence of devices coupled to one a more peripheral buses in a system, and dynamically reducing power consumption of a subset of the devices that are present,...
7281144 Power management in communication devices  
Actual power savings achieved by using a power savings mode in a communications device may be increased by analyzing the effects of the power savings mode on delays and using the analysis on which...
7281147 Systems and methods for variable control of power dissipation in a pipelined processor  
The invention controls maximum average power dissipation by stalling high power instructions through the pipeline of a pipelined processor. A power dissipation controller stalls the high power...
7281145 Method for managing resources in a CPU by allocating a specified percentage of CPU resources to high priority applications  
A method of managing resources in a data processing configuration includes allocating system resources to an application to ensure a specified level of performance for the application. A system...