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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...
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...
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...
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...
7516345 Interface device for peripherals and priority control method thereof  
A peripheral interface device includes a plurality of ports, each of which supports corresponding ones of first interface methods; a plurality of interface converters each connected to respective...
7516348 Selective power management of disk drives during semi-idle time in order to save power and increase drive life span  
Redundancy in storage arrays is used to extend the life of disk drives and conserve power. In an exemplary storage array, a group of storage devices includes y storage devices. Data and redundant...
7516347 Electronic device having power-down mode and method of reducing power consumption  
Example embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein relate to an electronic device having a power-down mode. The electronic device includes a regulator, a central processing unit, and an...
7516346 System and method for dynamically changing the power mode of storage disks based on redundancy and system load  
A system and method for reducing energy consumption in an information storage system is disclosed which takes advantage of the redundancy in a typical storage system.
7516339 Low power electronic circuit incorporating real time clock  
A power conserving electronic circuit is provided having one or more main electronic devices or components powered by the output of a voltage regulator circuit. The voltage regulator is powered by...
7516260 Method of communicating with embedded controller  
A method of communicating with an embedded controller is disclosed. The method is adapted for an Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification (ACPI). According to the method, a busy...
7512853 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Semiconductor integrated circuit and method for testing the same
 
In a semiconductor integrated circuit, power source wiring for supplying power supply voltage to a plurality of flip flop circuits, and power source wiring for supplying different power supply...
7512819 Method and apparatus for ejecting a removable medium by temporarily providing power after a secondary eject switch is operated  
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, a disc drive unit drives a removable medium, a first switch and a second switch which are provided on the main...
7512823 Semiconductor device with reduced power consumption that selectively drives one of a plurality of signal receivers according to level of external supply voltage  
Disclosed is a semiconductor device capable of detecting levels of an external supply voltage, which includes a plurality of signal receivers for simultaneously receiving external input signals,...
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...
7509512 Instruction-initiated method for suspending operation of a pipelined data processor  
An instruction-initiated method for suspending operation of a pipelined data processor by selectively disabling a clock signal to pipeline subcircuitry in response to an instruction executed by the...
7509506 Hierarchical system and method for managing power usage among server data processing systems  
A hierarchical power management system comprises first and second power management controllers, a power management command combination element, a power management command terminator, a...
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...
7506185 Selective power-down for high performance CPU/system  
A microelectronic device according to the present invention is made up of two or more functional units, which are all disposed on a single chip, or die. The present invention works on the strategy...
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...
7506192 Method and apparatus for adaptive power management of memory subsystem  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for performing adaptive memory power management in a system employing a CPU and a memory subsystem. A CPU throttle control (THR) module generates a CPU throttle...
7502817 Method and apparatus for partitioning memory in a telecommunication device  
An apparatus and method are disclosed for partitioning and downloading executable memory images in low-powered computing devices comprised of multiple processors and a mobile station modem. The...
7500120 Apparatus has service processor determining interconnection between uninterruptible power supplies and system resources using configuration file that is stored in memory  
Techniques for identifying UPS-sub-system interconnections using manual data, UPS identification signals, and variations in UPS voltage variations that produce error signals. Once interconnections...
7500128 Mobile systems with seamless transition by activating second subsystem to continue operation of application executed by first subsystem as it enters into sleep mode  
A computer system includes two or more subsystems. In one example, a first subsystem is executing a multimedia application using data stored in a first storage device. A copy of the data is also...
7500114 Apparatus and method for controlling power management  
Embodiments of an apparatus and method for controlling a power management can reduce power consumption, generate less heat or increase the lifetime of the battery. When the operation mode of the...
7500126 Arrangement and method for controlling power modes of hardware resources  
A circuit arrangement, method of executing program code and method of generating program code utilize power control instructions ( 90 ) capable of dynamically controlling power dissipation of...
7500127 Method and apparatus for operating an electronic device in a low power mode  
An electronic device, such as a hand-held portable computer, is provided with capability to operate an application during a low power mode. During the low power mode, portions of hardware,...
7496777 Power throttling in a memory system  
A memory system is disclosed. The memory system includes a memory controller coupled to one or more memory modules, at least one of the memory modules including a buffer. The memory controller is...
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...
7496773 Data recording/reproducing system using optical disk apparatus  
A DVD recorder system having a sleep state. When a predetermined period of a non-operation state has elapsed, a key controller switches the state of a power source circuit to interrupt voltage...
7496776 Power throttling method and apparatus  
Disclosed is an apparatus which deactivates both the AC as well as the DC component of power for various functions in a CPU. The CPU partitions dataflow registers and arithmetic units such that...
7496778 Autonomous thermal management  
The present invention provides both a peripheral device that regulates its own temperature by adjusting its power consumption, and a method to accomplish the same. The method generally includes...
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...
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...
7493505 MCU with low power mode of operation  
A low power system is disclosed for working in conjunction with a digital circuit that is disposed between positive and negative terminals. The system includes an internal voltage generator for...
7490252 Abnormal power interruption internal circuitry protection method and system for computer platform  
An abnormal power interruption internal circuitry protection method and system is proposed for use with a computer platform, such as a blade server, which is characterized by the utilization of...
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...
7484108 Enhancing power delivery with transient running average power limits  
Systems and methods of power management provide for using transient running average power limits to enhance device power consumption and platform power delivery. A transient running average power...
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...
7484086 Data processing apparatus, and method of reconfiguring reconfigurable processing circuit  
Information relating to heat-release value of a processing circuit or amount of input data applied to the processing circuit is detected and the processing circuit is reconfigured in accordance...
7480357 System and method for effectuating the transfer of data blocks across a clock boundary  
A system and method for effectuating the transfer of data blocks having intervals across a clock boundary between a first clock domain and a second clock domain. A first circuit portion provides...
7480812 Microprocessor  
A processor core adopts a pipeline processing method and has an interlock mechanism. A built-in accelerator executes a specific processing in place of the processor core. When a processing is...
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...
7480813 Portable electronic apparatus having a transfer mode for stopping an operating state of a device  
A portable notebook PC comprising a lid is able to avoid possible trouble during its transfer (as when a user carries the PC with him or her) and is able to reduce the time required to start up...
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...
7472302 Method and apparatus for reducing leakage power in a cache memory using adaptive time-based decay  
An adaptive cache decay technique is disclosed that removes power from cache lines that have not been accessed for a variable time interval, referred to as the cache line decay interval, assuming...
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....
7472215 Portable computer system with thermal enhancements and multiple power modes of operation  
A portable computer adapted for electrical connection to a docking station having multiple power modes of operation is described. The portable computer has one or more CPU chips which have at least...
7472298 Storage system and method for saving energy based on storage classes with corresponding power saving policies  
An example of the invention classifies disks drives based on their purpose and associating power-saving policies in multiple classes. The system implements Power On Demand, where a reduced power...