Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Processor clocking policies for mobile computing devices
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Application No.: US13648900Application Date: 2012-10-10
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Publication No.: US09618994B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Eran Tal , Benoit M. Schillings , Michael John McKenzie Toksvig
- Applicant: Eran Tal , Benoit M. Schillings , Michael John McKenzie Toksvig
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32 ; G06F9/50
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a processor of a computing device executes a sequence of instructions that depends on one or more external operations. Software of the computing device determines a clocking policy for the processor during execution of the sequence of instructions. The clocking policy is based at least in part on a pattern of execution involving the sequence of instructions and the external operations, and the clocking policy modifies a clock speed of the processor. The software of the computing device applies the clocking policy to the processor during execution of at least a portion of the sequence of instructions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140101478A1 Processor Clocking Policies for Mobile Computing Devices Public/Granted day:2014-04-10
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