公开(公告)号：US20160085287A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-24

申请号：US14960887

申请日：2015-12-07

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Nadav Bonen ,  Ron Gabor ,  Zeev Sperber ,  Vjekoslav Svilan ,  David N. Mackintosh ,  Jose A. Baiocchi Paredes ,  Naveen Kumar ,  Shantanu Gupta

IPC: G06F1/32 ,  G06F9/30

CPC classification number: G06F1/3243 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F9/30083 ,  G06F9/3869 ,  G06F9/3885 ,  Y02B70/123 ,  Y02B70/126 ,  Y02D10/152 ,  Y02D10/171

Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention includes an execution unit to execute instructions of a first type, a local power gate circuit coupled to the execution unit to power gate the execution unit while a second execution unit is to execute instructions of a second type, and a controller coupled to the local power gate circuit to cause it to power gate the execution unit when an instruction stream does not include the first type of instructions. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract translation: 在一个实施例中，本发明包括执行单元，用于执行第一类型的指令，耦合到执行单元的本地电源门电路，以在第二执行单元执行第二类型的指令时对所述执行单元进行电源门控，以及 控制器，其耦合到所述本地电源门电路，以使得当指令流不包括所述第一类型的指令时，所述控制器对所述执行单元进行供电。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。