Techniques for utilization of asymmetric secondary...

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2006-08-29

2006-08-29

Cao, Chun (Department: 2115)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Computer power control

Power conservation

C713S322000, C713S323000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07100060

ABSTRACT:
A processor having asymmetric secondary processing resources. One disclosed embodiment includes a first execution resource to perform a first function and a second execution resource that also performs the second function, although the second processing resource is asymmetric to the first resource in that it has a lower throughput than the first processing resource. Switching logic switches execution from the first processing resource to the second processing resource in a reduced power consumption mode.

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