Conserving power by reducing voltage supplied to an...

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control

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C713S320000, C713S324000

Reexamination Certificate

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07370216

ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates reducing static power consumption of a processor. During operation, the system receives a signal indicating that instruction execution within the processor is to be temporarily halted. In response to this signal, the system halts an instruction-processing portion of the processor, and reduces the voltage supplied to the instruction-processing portion of the processor. Full voltage is maintained to a remaining portion of the processor, so that the remaining portion of the processor can continue to operate while the instruction-processing portion of the processor is in reduced power mode.

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