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7620828 Dynamically changing PCI clocks  
A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium are presented for dynamically selecting a clock signal used by a peripheral device that is coupled to a motherboard. When the motherboard is powered...
7617406 System and method for saving power consumption by individually reducing power usage of each of plurality of computers to a respective lower limit within a server system  
A server system includes a control device and plurality of server devices. The control device calculates an actual power consumption of the server system and notifies the actual power consumption...
7613934 Method and apparatus for monitoring the power state of computer system  
A monitoring method and apparatus applied to a computer system having a computer case, a controller and a register for changing the power state of the computer system according to the assembling...
7613933 Inline power control  
A physical layer for an inline power device of a network power system. The network power system includes inline power devices such as power source equipment and a plurality of powered devices and...
7610497 Power management system with a bridge logic having analyzers for monitoring data quantity to modify operating clock and voltage of the processor and main memory  
A core logic coupled to a main memory of a computer, comprising an analyzer and a power management unit. The analyzer monitors access request traffic load of main memory. The power management unit...
7603646 Method and apparatus for power optimization using don't care conditions of configuration bits in lookup tables  
Various approaches for generating an implementation of an electronic circuit design are disclosed. In one approach, one or more configuration bits that have don't care conditions are identified for...
7603574 Network interface speed adjustment to accommodate high system latency in power savings mode  
A system is coupled to a network by a network interface. In a power savings mode the speed setting of the network interface is reduced to accommodate increased system latency.
7600136 Power management in an information channel  
Methods and associated apparatus to reduce electrical power consumption in an information channel may include identifying times at which to restore power to elements in the information channel, and...
RE40922 Method and apparatus for powering-on a computer-based system via a network interface  
A network interface card in a networked client computer includes a network interface circuit that decodes and then compares incoming network packet addresses to known address bit patterns, the...
7590870 Physical presence determination in a trusted platform  
A computer system is presented which provides a trusted platform by which operations can be performed with an increased level trust and confidence. The basis of trust for the computer system is...
7584367 Power control device for processor  
A processor has: a power table including a plurality of power control registers each rewritably storing power control information; a condition determiner for rewritably storing a plurality of...
7581122 Power supply integrated circuit with feedback control  
A system and method for providing power control in a power management integrated circuit. A power management integrated circuit may comprise a communication interface module that receives power...
7574613 Scaling idle detection metric for power management on computing device  
A component of a computing device such as a processor is operated based on a clock signal oscillating at a frequency. Power management for the computing device is performed by adjusting the...
7565560 Supplying combinations of clock frequency, voltage, and current to processors  
Combinations of clock frequencies, voltages, and currents at which a processor operates normally are determined. These combinations are stored to a component on which the processor is installed....
7561285 Energy-saving control in image processing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus comprising a data processing unit; a first interface unit, having a plurality of logical channels, adapted to connect with an external processing apparatus; a second...
7558974 Disk enclosure  
In a detection element for the current which flows from a power source to a disk apparatus internal circuit, a plurality of resistors are incorporated such that the detection resistance for...
7552348 Method and apparatus for detecting and supplying power by a first network device to a second network device  
A first network device comprises first and second transformers that communicate with a second network device. A switch selectively connects power to the first and second transformers. A physical...
7552246 Communication network having a plurality of bridging nodes which transmit a beacon to terminal nodes in power saving state that it has messages awaiting delivery  
An apparatus and a method for routing data in a radio data communication system having one or more host computers, one or more intermediate base stations, and one or more RF terminals organizes the...
7549071 Method for providing real-time power conservation in a processor  
A method for providing power conservation in a processor in which, depending on the respective embodiment, a relative amount of idle time, activity time, or idle time and activity time associated...
7549069 Estimating software power consumption  
Techniques are provided for characterizing processor designs and estimating power consumption of software programs executing on processors. A power model of a processor may be obtained by...
7548502 Power backup method for disk storage device  
HDD boxes 83 1 to 83 n are each incorporated with a secondary battery box 87 , a non-isolated DC/DC converter 89 , and an HDD 91 . Logical circuit boards 85 1 to 85 n are each...
7546618 Lower-power standby mode for consumer electronics  
A conditional access device is provided. The conditional access device typically includes conditional access decryption, interface, timing and control logic. The conditional access decryption logic...
7543167 Information processing apparatus and power control method for use in the same  
An information processing apparatus that is powerable by a battery includes a main body in which the battery is detachably mounted, a processor that is provided in the main body, a unit that...
7539880 System and method for managing power consumption  
An electronic circuit having built-in self testing capabilities for optimizing power consumption. Typically, the electronic circuit includes a component circuit that operates at some known or...
7533281 Method and system for controlling powers of a plurality of servers  
A method and system of controlling powers of a plurality of servers with a power control command mechanism. The system for controlling powers of a plurality of servers compatible with an...
7529953 Communication bus power state management  
Methods and apparatus to manage communication bus power states are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a bus including a master node and at least a first slave node, logic to...
7526663 Method and apparatus for reducing the power consumed by a computer system  
A computer system having one or more components capable of being in either wake or sleep states includes a power manager and a voltage regulator. The power manager may generate a power state signal...
7523328 Computer power control  
A computer including a CPU, a power output unit to output driving power needed for driving the CPU, a CPU state output unit to output a first state information signal when it is detected that the...
7523321 Information handling system including a battery switching circuit  
An information handling system (IHS) includes a system board including a processor, a first battery for supplying power to the system board, a second battery for supplying power to the system...
7519840 Apparatus and method for controlling a suspending mode in a USB control system  
A USB control system includes a first voltage controller, a control switch, a second voltage controller, and a PHY unit. The first voltage controller outputs a first internal voltage from an...
7519839 Method for optimizing platform power delivery  
Embodiments of the current invention describe an approach for configuring a platform resource table. The platform resource table is configured using information from both the platform management...
7519808 Method and apparatus for quickly reanimating devices from hibernation  
A system that causes a computing device to enter a hibernation mode. During operation, the system creates a hibernation image for the computing device by identifying processes that do not have...
7518599 Display control device and method  
A display control device and a display control method for use in a portable electronic apparatus are disclosed. The portable electronic apparatus includes a main controller and a display panel. The...
7516340 Powered device including a classification signature resistor  
A method is provided that includes receiving a classification voltage at a powered device from a powered network and providing a classification signature to the powered network in response to...
7512514 Accurate on-die temperature measurement using remote sensing  
An embodiment of the present invention is a technique for thermal sensing. A sensing structure generates a response according to a local temperature at a first location on a die. A sensor core...
7509510 Energy detect with auto pair select  
Energy detect with auto pair select for energy management without ‘a priori’ knowledge of the wire pairs connectivity. The energy detect with auto pair select is operable within systems...
7509507 Multi-regulator power supply chip with common control bus  
A system and method for implementing a common control bus in a multi-regulator power supply integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may, for example, comprise first and second power regulator...
7509503 Method of N-division algorithm for switching operation voltage of CPU  
A method of N-division algorithm for switching operation voltage of CPU is provided. The method of N-division algorithm comprises the following steps, comparing desired operation voltage and...
7506189 Adjusting input power in response to a clock frequency change  
Adjusting input power in response to a clock frequency change is disclosed. In some embodiments, a clock signal is input into a buffer, and if an increase in clock frequency is detected at the...
7496740 Accessing information associated with an advanced configuration and power interface environment  
A computer system includes an operating system. An advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) system is in communication with the operating system and receives an ACPI request from the...
7493503 Programmable throttling in blade/chassis power management  
A method and system are disclosed to enable and control power reduction in a blade/chassis system. A “maximum power reduction” attribute is stored in the VPD of the blade (or can otherwise be...
7493502 Remote access power hub  
A remote access power (“RAP”) hub for kiosks and information booths with multiple peripherals. The RAP hub provides power at different levels to accommodate different electronic devices and...
7493500 Personal computing device having single-cell battery  
The present invention features a personal computing device that may be powered by a single battery having a single lithium-ion cell or by a plurality of lithium-ion cells connected in parallel. The...
7490256 Identifying a target processor idle state  
Embodiments of the present invention are directed at identifying an idle state for a processor that minimizes power consumption. In accordance with one embodiment, a method for identifying a target...
7487371 Data path controller with integrated power management to manage power consumption of a computing device and its components  
A data path controller, a computer device, an apparatus and a method are disclosed for integrating power management functions into a data path controller to manage power consumed by processors and...
7484110 Adaptive power management  
Embodiments of the present invention are directed at minimizing power consumption of a computer while permitting the execution of meaningful tasks by programs installed on the computer. In...
7480811 Power supply system for personal computers  
A power supply system for personal computers aims to provide an additional sub-power supply needed when a personal computer requires a power greater than what can be provided by the original main...
7478253 Reduction of power consumption in electrical devices  
Reducing power to a minimum permissible value based on temperature of a component may permit savings in power consumption.
7478251 Methods and apparatus for provisioning uninterruptible power for power over Ethernet applications  
A controller in PSE (Power Sourcing Equipment) controls how to provision uninterruptible power through corresponding ports (and cables) of the PSE to network devices. For example, the controller of...
7472303 Information preservation on a portable electronic device  
A system and method for information preservation on a portable electronic device. A signal indicating an energy capacity threshold remaining in the battery of a hand held device may be generated....