Title:
INTELLIGENT POWER CONTROLLER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/030787
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and system in which an interconnect for an integrated circuit communicates transactions between one or more initiator Intellectual Property (IP) cores and one or more target IP cores coupled to the interconnect, including a power manager having a hierarchy of two or more layers including a hardware logic portion to control a power consumption of two or more domains in the integrated circuit, where each layer of the power manager performs its own function; wherein the power manager has its own dedicated CPU or dedicated state machine to execute power management instructions; and wherein the power manager controls the power consumption of two or more domains without using a CPU IP core utilized by other IP cores on the integrated circuit to execute power management instructions.
Inventors:
BRINKS RAY (US)
DE LESCURE BENOIT (FR)
DE LESCURE BENOIT (FR)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/049673
Publication Date:
March 20, 2014
Filing Date:
August 30, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONICS INC (US)
BRINKS RAY (US)
DE LESCURE BENOIT (FR)
BRINKS RAY (US)
DE LESCURE BENOIT (FR)
International Classes:
G06F1/00
Foreign References:
| US20100174923A1 | 2010-07-08 | |||
| US20050276132A1 | 2005-12-15 | |||
| US20090293061A1 | 2009-11-26 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
FERRILL, Thomas, S. (611 Anton BoulevardSuite 140, Costa Mesa CA, US)
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