Method and apparatus to prevent voltage droop in a computer

A Suryanarayanan, MC Merten, RL Carlson - US Patent 9,606,602, 2017 - Google Patents
In an embodiment, a processor includes at least one core including a first core. The first core
includes memory execution logic to execute one or more memory instructions, memory …

System and method for controlling idle state exits to manage DI/DT issues

MS Allen-Ware, AJ Drake, MS Floyd… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Primary Examiner—Thomas Lee Assistant Examiner—Santosh R Poudel (74) Attorney,
Agent, or Firm—Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini Bianco PL; Thomas S. Grzesik ABSTRACT A …

Management of core power state transition in a microprocessor

MS Allen-Ware, CR Lefurgy, K Rajamani… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A system for adjusting a frequency of a processor is disclosed herein. The system includes a
processor and a memory. The memory stores program code, which, when executed on the …

Circuits and methods providing voltage adjustment as processor cores become active based on an observed number of ring oscillator clock ticks

N Toosizadeh, MR Kakoee, SHJ Hu… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A method including receiving an indication of a number of active processing units in a
computer processor; in response to receiving the indication, determining an appropriate …

Active-core-based performance boost

S Banerjee, P Chhabra, N Toosizadeh… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
A hardware system is disclosed for active-core-based performance boost. In an example
aspect, the hardware system includes multiple cores and a power mode manager. Each …

Deterministic current based frequency optimization of processor chip

MS Allen-Ware, MS Floyd, JD Friedrich… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A method for adjusting a frequency of a processor is disclosed herein. In one embodiment,
the method includes determining a total current and a temperature of the multi-core …

Deterministic current based frequency optimization of processor chip

MS Allen-Ware, MS Floyd, JD Friedrich… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A system for adjusting a frequency of a processor is disclosed herein. The system includes a
processor and a memory, where the memory includes a program configured to adjust a …

Distributed on chip network to mitigate voltage droops

PM Lobo, T Strach, T Webel - US Patent 10,481,662, 2019 - Google Patents
A semiconductor circuit including a first subcircuit, at least a second subcircuit, and power
management circuitry. The power management circuitry is operable for estimating a metric …

Dynamic voltage margin recovery

JH Mylius, CH Ziesler, DC Murray, JS Lee… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes multiple instances of a component (eg a
processor) and a control circuit. The instances may be configured to operate in various …

Transmitting content using guard band frequencies at reduced power

JG Beattie, J Hollister - US Patent 10,462,752, 2019 - Google Patents
The described technology is generally directed towards transmitting content in a guard band
(marginal/edge) spectrum, in which the power level corresponds to a frequency associated …