Method and apparatus for on-demand power management

Details Method and apparatus for on-demand power management Method and apparatus for on-demand power management

2007-12-20

2010-02-02

Lee, Thomas (Department: 2116)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Computer power control

C713S322000, C713S330000, C710S018000, C710S305000

Reexamination Certificate

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07657764

ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of on-demand power management have been presented. In some embodiments, a set of processing events on a system bus within a processing system is detected. Further, a processing event pattern may be recognized, and the processing event pattern may be correlated with a processing demand in the processing system.

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