Apparatus and method to implement power management of a processor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9405340
APP PUB NO 20150006915A1
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13928724

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In an embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores grouped into a plurality of clusters. The clusters are formed based on a corresponding operating voltage of each core at each of a plurality of frequencies. Each cluster includes a unique set of cores and at least one cluster includes at least two of the cores. The processor also includes a power control unit (PCU) including frequency/voltage control logic, responsive to a frequency change request for a first core of a first cluster, to determine an operating voltage for the first core from a first cluster voltage-frequency (V-F) table associated with the first cluster. The first cluster V-F table uniquely specifies a corresponding operating voltage at each of a plurality of frequencies of operation of the cores of the first cluster. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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INTEL CORPORATION2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ambrose, Vinod Northborough, US 2 33
Bowhill, William Johnson Framingham, US 1 25
Dehaemer, Eric Shrewsbury, US 7 116
Doucette, Joseph Waltha, US 1 25
Ganesan, Baskaran Bangalore, IN 26 210
Huang, Min Cupertino, US 344 1991
Hullon, Harjinder Santa Clara, US 1 25
Lu, Yin-Lung Hillsboro, US 1 25
Ooi, Seow Fung Gelugor, MY 1 25
Wang, Zhiguo Palo Alto, US 68 323

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