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7434073 Frequency and voltage scaling architecture  
A method and apparatus for scaling frequency and operating voltage of at least one clock domain of a microprocessor. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to techniques to divide a...
7434072 Integrated circuit power management control  
Power management control software including power management policies is provided with those policies divided into observation code 18, 20, 22 and response code 26, 28, 30 . When predetermined...
7430502 Using thermal management register to simulate processor performance states  
Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with simulating a processor performance state by controlling a thermal management signal are described. One exemplary system...
7430677 Data processing device, and control method of data processing device  
A multifunctional device shifts the states of plural reception units from a state that the device operates in a power saving state to a state that the device operates in an operating state,...
7430676 Method and apparatus for changing the clock frequency of a memory system  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates changing a clock frequency in a memory system. During operation, the system receives a command to change the clock...
7430678 Low power operation control unit and program optimizing method  
An objective is to perform a low power operation of a microprocessor on the pipeline stage of an instruction decode and a preceding pipeline stage without the necessity for increasing a circuit...
7428651 Electronic circuit with asynchronous clocking of peripheral units  
An inventive electronic circuit includes central processing means having a clock connection and a data connection, as well as a peripheral unit having a clock connection and a data connection, the...
7426650 Asynchronous wrapper for a globally asynchronous, locally synchronous (GALS) circuit  
The invention concerns an asynchronous wrapper for a globally asynchronous, locally synchronous circuit. The asynchronous wrapper operates with a request signal-driven clock control, supplemented...
7426598 Method for configuring transmitter power consumption  
A method is described which comprises propagating electronic signals within circuitry comprising a transmitter to select a number of the transmitter's lanes, set a speed for each of the lanes, and...
RE40504 Display and display driver with on/off power controller used to prevent damage to the display  
Signal management control units 47 1 -47 n of respective scan drivers LSI in an LCD module are cascade-connected and each have the same construction. A detected signal of the signal management...
7426647 Low power media player for an electronic device  
A low power media player is provided for an electronic device, such as a hand-held portable computer having capability to operate an application during a low power mode. During the low power mode,...
7424625 Printing apparatus and power supply control method in printing apparatus  
A printing apparatus is equipped with multiple interfaces adapted to connect external devices adapted to store image data and operated by power supplied from a first-connected external device, and...
7421603 Method for monitoring the operating readiness of at least one memory element assigned to an electronic unit  
A method for monitoring the operating readiness of memory elements which are assigned to an electronic unit, an engine control unit for example. Furthermore, an electronic unit for executing the...
7421597 Computing system with operational low power states  
A method is described that involves operating a computing system within a normal on state and transitioning from the normal on state to a main CPU/OS based state. In the main CPU/OS based state one...
7421290 Power supply subsystem for powering a node over communication cabling  
A power supply subsystem configured for connection between a LAN switch and at least one node, the power supply subsystem providing electrical power to the at least node over communication cabling,...
RE40473 Dynamic performance adjustment of computation means  
A dynamic performance circuit adjustment system and method that flexibly adjusts the performance of a logic circuit. The dynamic performance circuit adjustment system and method facilitates...
7418610 Optical disk drive with power save mode  
The present invention relates to a portable optical disk drive having a power save mode for reducing the energy consumption. It is an object of the invention to propose an improved solution for a...
7415625 Policy table rule based processor side bus signaling  
A system and method for selecting a computer hardware component of a computing system to throttle based on a selection policy is disclosed. A co-thermal control system may receive a first signal...
7415622 Adaptive digital power control system  
An adaptive digital power control system is disclosed, which implements a digitally controlled, near real-time algorithm to accommodate multiple loop current mode controls for low voltage, high...
7415626 Methods, devices and circuits for activating a communication device connected to an external bus  
Methods for activating operations of a communication device coupled to an external communication bus include detecting a communication event on the external communication bus at a wake up circuit...
7415604 Method for adjusting an operating rate of a graphics card  
A method for increasing an operating rate of a graphics card includes: raising a rotation rate of a radiator fan of a graphics processing unit chip of the graphics card to a first rotation rate...
7412615 Information processing equipment and power consumption control method  
Information processing equipment is so constructed that the power consumption of a disk drive for hard disks, optical disks, or the like can be reliably and sufficiently reduced. The host CPU ( 120...
7412613 Integrated circuit devices that support dynamic voltage scaling of power supply voltages  
An integrated circuit device is provided with a power supply voltage generator therein. This voltage generator is configured to respond to an operating mode control signal by generating first and...
7409568 Power supply voltage droop compensated clock modulation for microprocessors  
A voltage source droop compensated clock modulation for microprocessors is described. Specifically, the circuit reduces the clock frequency if a voltage source droop is detected.
7409565 Method, program and apparatus for power control through an electronic information device in a magnetic disk unit  
A power control method for a magnetic disk unit is disclosed. The method includes identifying a type of a last instruction sent to a magnetic disk unit and, in response to identifying the type,...
7403122 RFID tag circuits operable at different speeds  
Embodiments of RFID tag circuits and methods are described, which include a chip having a clock circuit operable to generate a clock signal having different frequencies, and one or more components...
7401243 Demand-based dynamic clock control for transaction processors  
A variable speed data processor includes a clock generator generating a plurality of clocks at different clock rates. Clock select circuitry synchronously selects one of the clocks as an output...
7401242 Dynamic power management in a processor design  
A pipeline stage's stall detection logic detects a stall condition, and sends a signal to idle detection logic to gate off the pipeline's register clocks. The stall detection logic also monitors a...
7398414 Clocking system including a clock controller that uses buffer feedback to vary a clock frequency  
A low power reconfigurable processor core includes one or more processing units, each unit having a clock input that controls the performance of the unit; one or more clock controllers having clock...
7398409 Semiconductor integrated circuit and its power-saving control method and program  
A semiconductor integrated circuit having plural functional block circuits that are controlled by a system clock to an operation state in an ordinary mode and to a deactivated state in a...
7398403 Multiprocessor control apparatus, control method thereof, and integrated circuit  
Provided is a multiprocessor control apparatus that restrains impairment of processing speed of entire operations, while pursuing power consumption saving for a multiprocessor. The multiprocessor...
7398410 Processor employing a power managing mechanism and method of saving power for the same  
A processor includes a plurality of execution units configured to execute instructions, a pre-decoder configured to sieve out a power-switching instruction from the instructions, and a power...
7398406 Data processor  
It is aimed at providing a data processor capable of suppressing a sudden current change from the viewpoint of a synchronization clock. A data processor 1 comprises a clock pulse generation...
7398402 System, medium, and control method for a computer  
A computer including a central processing unit, a cooling fan, an operating system (OS), a temperature sensor sensing a temperature within the CPU, a mode selector for selecting one of a fan off...
7395444 Power status notification  
A computer program product is for use with a computer that includes a communication interface for sending and receiving information over a communication network and that is connected to an...
7394271 Temperature sensing and prediction in IC sockets  
An apparatus and method are provided which preferably combines temperature sensing and prediction for more accurate temperature control of integrated circuits. An IC temperature sensing and...
7395372 Method and system for providing cache set selection which is power optimized  
A system and method for accessing a data cache having at least two ways for storing data at the same addresses. A first and second tag memory store first and second sets of tags identifying data...
7392406 Circuit and method for generating clock signals for clocking digital signal processor and memory  
A circuit is provided for generating clock signals for clocking a digital signal processor (DSP) and a memory, the circuit comprising of a clock generator for receiving a first clock, generating a...
7392413 Changing of operating voltage in semiconductor integrated circuit  
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a module configured to operate based on a clock signal, a voltage controlling unit configured to change a power supply voltage supplied to the module, a...
7392409 Data processing apparatus and power control method  
A device of this invention solely executes a power saving operation without influencing a repeater operation on a serial bus interface to which a plurality of devices are cascade-connected. A...
7392405 Digitally controlled power supply  
A digitally controlled device is provided to interface between a user of adjustable power unit and an adjustable power module, where the user provides an analog user input signal for adjusting the...
7389439 Method and apparatus for managing power of portable computer system  
Provided is a method and apparatus for managing the power of a portable computer system, in which a convenient user interface is provided. The method includes calculating a range of a desired...
7389436 Power management system  
A power management system for electrical and electronic apparatus has a number of components which may be switched to a low power state. A power controller ( 20 ) is coupled to each component in...
7389431 Data processing device and power saving control method  
A data processing device which can communicate with a computer terminal, comprises: a receiver to receive data transmitted from the computer terminal; a shifter to shift a state of the data...
7389435 System and method for the frequency management of computer systems to allow capacity on demand  
In a system and method for the frequency management of processors or blades to allow capacity on demand a requestor of the computer system develops a need for an increased performance from the...
7386741 Method and apparatus for selectively assigning circuit data to a plurality of programmable logic circuits for maintaining each programmable logic circuit within an operation range at a minimum voltage  
Programmable logic circuits are changeable circuit components based on circuit data. A circuit data memory stores a plurality of circuit data and performance requirements. A feature data memory...
7386749 Controlling sequence of clock distribution to clock distribution domains  
An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to control clock distribution to a circuit. A scheduler schedules a sequence of a clock distribution of clock signals to a plurality of clock...
7386744 Rack equipment power pricing plan control system and method  
A rack equipment power pricing plan control system and method is presented. In one embodiment of the present invention, a power pricing plan rack equipment control method is utilized to control...
7380143 Battery system configurations for docking components  
Systems and methods for providing an extended battery system for a docking component such as a media slice. The extended battery system may be a high capacity battery system provided to power...
7376849 Method, apparatus and system of adjusting one or more performance-related parameters of a processor  
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and system for dynamically adjusting one or more performance-related parameters of a processor core based on at least one operation...