Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control – Power conservation
Reexamination Certificate
2004-06-03
2008-07-15
Perveen, Rehana (Department: 2116)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
Power conservation
C713S300000, C713S323000, C713S324000, C713S330000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07401240
ABSTRACT:
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for dynamically managing power in a microprocessor chip that includes physical hardware elements within the microprocessor chip. A process is selected to be executed. Hardware elements that are necessary to execute the process are then identified. The power in the microprocessor chip is dynamically altered by altering a present power state of the hardware elements that were identified as being necessary.
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Heller, Jr. Thomas J.
Ignatowski Michael
Meyerson Bernard Steele
Rymarczyk James Walter
Brown Michael J
Fay III Theodore D.
Gerhardt Diana R.
Perveen Rehana
Yee Duke W.
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