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Electrical Computers And Digital Processing Systems: Support > Computer Power Control > Power Conservation Power ConservationPower Conservation patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/01/07 - 20070255970 - System and method for dynamically managing power consumption of integrated circuitry An integrated circuit (IC) chip containing a plurality of voltage islands containing corresponding functional blocks that can be selectively fenced, i.e., powered down, while saving the states of the corresponding inputs, and unfenced in order to manage power consumption of the chip. Each fencable functional block includes a power switch ... 11/01/07 - 20070255969 - Device for controlling the energy flow between an energy supply network and an electric device connected thereto The invention relates to a device (1) for controlling the flow of energy between an electric energy supply network (70) and an electric device (2) connected thereto, in particular between a low voltage energy supply network and an electric consumer. The device (1) comprises a power element (22) which can ... 10/25/07 - 20070250726 - Method of controlling wakeup frequency in a wireless communication system An access terminal supports both a longer wakeup period and a shorter wakeup period (lower frequency of wakeups and higher frequency of wakeups, respectively) where the time interval over which the short wakeup period is active is prescheduled or enabled based on needs. Thus, when paging of the access terminal ... 10/25/07 - 20070250725 - Power saving device for an actuator A power saving device for an actuator comprises a portable power source, a charging circuit, a control circuit, a starting circuit for starting the power source, a microprocessor, and a switch. When the equipment is not in use, the power source will be cut off, and the power consumption will ... 10/18/07 - 20070245165 - System and method for activity or event based dynamic energy conserving server reconfiguration Network architecture, computer system and/or server, circuit, device, apparatus, method, and computer program and control mechanism for managing power consumption and workload in computer system and data and information servers. Further provides power and energy consumption and workload management and control systems and architectures for high-density and modular multi-server computer ... 10/18/07 - 20070245164 - Information processing device An information processing device of the present invention comprises a main CPU capable of taking at least two states which are an operating state and a sleeping state, a sub-CPU having power consumption lower than that of the main CPU and capable of taking at least two states which are ... 10/11/07 - 20070240002 - Pre-activation of network devices An approach for pre-activating network devices includes using prior usage of a network device to estimate times when the network device will be used in the future. The network device is then pre-activated, i.e., transitioned to an active operational state, prior to the estimated times so that the network device ... 10/04/07 - 20070234090 - Maintaining server performance in a power constrained environment A method of managing resources in a data processing configuration includes allocating system resources to an application to ensure a specified level of performance for the application. A system parameter is then modified to conserve power consumption upon detecting a condition resulting in a reduction of available system power. The ... 10/04/07 - 20070234089 - Programmable pipeline fabric having mechanism to terminate signal propagation A method and apparatus for storing and using “register use” information to determine when a register is being used for the last time so that power savings may be achieved is disclosed. The register use information may take the form of “last read” information for a particular register. The last ... 10/04/07 - 20070234088 - Identifying a target processor idle state Embodiments of the present invention are directed at identifying an idle state for a processor that minimizes power consumption. In accordance with one embodiment, a method for identifying a target idle state that does not require a linear progression into any intermediate states is provided. More specifically the method includes ... 09/27/07 - 20070226527 - Dynamic battery advisor An electronic equipment is provided that includes a battery, function circuitry that carries out one or more functions using power drawn from the battery, and a power assessment circuit that assesses power requirements of the function circuitry in relation to a function specified to be performed from among the one ... 09/20/07 - 20070220294 - Managing power consumption in a multicore processor A method and computer-usable medium including instructions for performing a method of managing power consumption in a multicore processor comprising a plurality of processor elements with at least one power saving mode. The method includes listing, using at least one distribution queue, a portion of the executable transactions in order ... 09/20/07 - 20070220293 - Systems and methods for managing power consumption in data processors using execution mode selection Systems and methods for identifying the power usage characteristics of software programs and using the information to determine the manner in which the software programs will be executed, thereby improving the management of power within the device executing the programs. One embodiment comprises a method for selecting execution modes of ... 09/20/07 - 20070220292 - Estimating software power consumption Techniques are provided for characterizing processor designs and estimating power consumption of software programs executing on processors. A power model of a processor may be obtained by performing simulation using one or more training programs to obtain average power consumption during one or more windows of operation, then using the ... 09/20/07 - 20070220291 - Adaptive power management Embodiments of the present invention are directed at minimizing power consumption of a computer while permitting the execution of meaningful tasks by programs installed on the computer. In accordance with one embodiment, a method that implements power conserving measures based on the amount of capacity that is available from a ... 09/13/07 - 20070214375 - Autonomous thermal management The present invention provides both a peripheral device that regulates its own temperature by adjusting its power consumption, and a method to accomplish the same. The method generally includes monitoring the temperature of the mass storage device and reducing power consumption when the temperature exceeds a certain threshold. ... 09/06/07 - 20070208962 - Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of a processor by estimating engine load A computer system has a processor and a queue for storing instructions for execution by the processor. The processor is capable of being clocked at a plurality of different clock frequencies. In one embodiment, the clocking frequency is determined by estimating a short or long term load associated with the ... 08/30/07 - 20070204182 - Data terminal device A cellular phone in the form of a shell downloads and reproduces encrypted content data distributed from a distribution server. The cellular phone includes a detection unit detecting whether its casing in the form of the shell is open/closed. If with the cellular phone currently downloading or reproducing encrypted content ... 08/30/07 - 20070204179 - Minimize energy consumption using optimal voltage assignment algorithm Low energy consumptions are extremely important in real-time embedded systems. Due to the uncertainties in execution time of some tasks, this paper models each varied execution time as a probabilistic random variable and incorporating applications' performance requirements to explore real-time embedded systems and avoid over-designing them. We propose a practical ... 08/16/07 - 20070192644 - Gateway card, gateway device, method of controlling gateway card, and computer product A gateway card is connected to an information processor, and receives and transmits data between different networks. The information processor has a normal power mode and a power saving mode. A switching unit connects a memory with the information processor if the information processor is in the normal power mode, ... 08/16/07 - 20070192642 - Method and apparatus to support enhanced energy efficiency in a processing system A first partition of a processing system may use polling to communicate with a device. In addition, the first partition may provide an interface that allows a second partition of the processing system to communicate with the device without requiring the second partition to use polling. For example, the first ... 08/16/07 - 20070192641 - Method and apparatus to manage power consumption in a computer A method and apparatus to manage power consumption in a computer have been presented. In one embodiment, the method includes registering one or more applications with a power management module in a computer, the one or more applications being operable on a virtual machine in the computer. The method may ... 08/09/07 - 20070186122 - Information processing device, and suspending/resuming method of the same According to one embodiment, an information processing device which is configured to execute suspending and resuming, the information processing device include a display controller which generates a video signal, a first storage unit in which a program to initialize the display controller is stored, a second storage unit which stores ... 08/09/07 - 20070186121 - Server system, power control method, and computer product A server system includes a control device and plurality of server devices. The control device calculates an actual power consumption of the server system and notifies the actual power consumption to the server devices. Each server device compares the actual power consumption with a threshold value, and restricts power consumption ... 08/02/07 - 20070180283 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus that transmits transmission data to another first information processing apparatus through an access point includes: a detection unit configured to detect the access point; a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the transmission data from a recording medium in which the transmission data is recorded; a transmission ... 08/02/07 - 20070180281 - Electrical idle detection circuit including input signal rectifier An electrical idle detection circuit including a full wave rectifier and a first amplifier. The full wave rectifier is configured to receive differential input signals and provide a rectified output signal based on the differential input signals. The first amplifier is configured to receive a first input signal based on ... 07/26/07 - 20070174644 - Apparatus and method for dynamic tokenization of wireless network datagrams Apparatus and methods are provided for managing the power or bandwidth consumed by a network of interconnected devices. The apparatus includes a service broker and a token processor disposed within one or more of the devices. The service broker monitors traffic over the network, and directs the one or more ... 07/12/07 - 20070162776 - Processor specific bios interface for power management Processor power management capabilities that enable an operating system kernel to interact with a plurality of ACPI-compliant computing devices to manage processor power using a generic processor description is described. Specifications of power processor management capabilities of processor types are stored in data structures, i.e., objects. Each object contains a ... 07/12/07 - 20070162775 - Dynamically self-decaying device architecture A power management method and mechanism for dynamically determining which of a plurality of blocks of an electrical device may be powered on or off. A device is contemplated which includes one or more power manageable groups. A power management unit associated with the apparatus is configured to detect instructions ... 07/05/07 - 20070157043 - Portable electronic device with a power saving function and method of saving power for the portable electronic device A portable electronic device with a power saving function includes a portable electronic system, a DSC (Digital Still Camera) system, and a transmission interface. The portable electronic system has a first process unit, the DSC system has a second process unit, and the transmission interface is electrically connected between the ... 07/05/07 - 20070157042 - Method, apparatus and system to dynamically choose an optimum power state Some embodiments of the invention include an apparatus and method for dynamically choosing an optimum power state. In some embodiments, the optimum power state may be determined from historical information about the various power states that any of the embodiments of the apparatus or a system equipped with embodiments of ... 06/21/07 - 20070143640 - Data path controller with integrated power management to manage power consumption of a computing device and its components A data path controller, a computer device, an apparatus and a method are disclosed for integrating power management functions into a data path controller to manage power consumed by processors and peripheral devices. By embedding power management within the data path controller, the data path controller can advantageously modify its ... 06/14/07 - 20070136617 - Semiconductor integrated circuit There are provided a first processor (11) to be operated at a first operating frequency, a second processor (12) in which a leakage current is reduced more greatly than the first processor and which is operated at a lower second operating frequency than the first operating frequency, and a selecting ... 06/07/07 - 20070130485 - Component reliability budgeting system A system may include acquisition of a supply voltage information representing past supply voltages supplied to an electrical component, acquisition of a temperature information representing past temperatures of the electrical component, and control of a performance characteristic of the electrical component based on the supply voltage information and the temperature ... 05/24/07 - 20070118775 - Personal electronic device with keypad application A novel personal electronic device includes a first (embedded) and second (non-embedded) processors including associated operating systems and functions. In one aspect, the first processor performs relatively limited functions, while the second processor performs relatively broader functions under control of the first processor. Often the second processor requires more power ... 05/10/07 - 20070106920 - Operating mode for extreme power savings when no network presence is detected Certain embodiments of an extreme power down mode for extreme power savings when no network presence is detected may comprise disabling at least one device driver for at least one hardware device in a network adapter chip. The device driver may be disabled prior to disabling the hardware device upon ... 04/12/07 - 20070083783 - Reducing power consumption at a cache In one embodiment, a method for reducing power consumption at a cache includes determining a code placement according to which code is writable to a memory separate from a cache. The code placement reduces occurrences of inter cache-line sequential flows when the code is loaded from the memory to the ... 04/12/07 - 20070083782 - Power configuration scheme of computer A Power-saving method, which is able to configure not only the CPU but also the other computer devices, such as the host bus, GUI engine, South Bridge control engine . . . etc., into Power-saving state, has been proposed. The method includes the following steps: issuing a Power-saving related message; ... 03/22/07 - 20070067658 - Task-oriented processing as an auxiliary to primary computing environments A computing system that incorporates an auxiliary processor to the main system processor. The auxiliary system utilizes a separate application runtime for processes and is capable of operating even when the primary system is in an off state. Methods for load-balancing are provided based on computing needs respective to power ... 03/22/07 - 20070067657 - Power consumption management among compute nodes In a method for managing power consumption among compute nodes having respective power components, an increase in the power utilization of a first compute node of the compute nodes may be detected. In response to a detected increase, a sum of the power consumption levels of the compute nodes and ... 03/22/07 - 20070067656 - Agent for managing power among electronic systems A power management agent for managing power among electronic systems includes a module for predicting a future power consumption level of the electronic systems, a module for determining a power budget threshold for the electronic systems, and a module for determining whether a predicted future power consumption level will exceed ... 03/08/07 - 20070055901 - Power saving operation of an apparatus with a cache memory An apparatus that contains an instruction processing circuit (14), a main memory (18) addressable by the instruction processing circuit (14) and a cache memory (16). In a normal mode the cache memory (16) is used to cache a part of data and /or instructions that the instruction processing circuit (14) ... 03/01/07 - 20070050654 - Keep awake heuristic A method of controlling power management is provided. In an embodiment, the user provides feedback that the inactivity period before a display blanks is too short. In response to the user feedback, a behavior tracking mode is entered and the inactivity period is adjusted to a period that is more ... 03/01/07 - 20070050653 - System and method for information handling system adaptive variable bus idle timer Power management of an information handling system PCI Express bus dynamically adjusts the inactivity time at the bus that is determined before initiation of a low power state by analyzing the transitions between low power and operating states over time. Dwell times of the bus in the low power state ... 02/22/07 - 20070043963 - Power management in an information channel Methods and associated apparatus to reduce electrical power consumption in an information channel may include identifying times at which to restore power to elements in the information channel, and restoring power to the elements at the identified times. Times for each element are identified based on a recovery time for ... 02/08/07 - 20070033425 - Increasing workload performance of one or more cores on multiple core processors A processing node that is integrated onto a single integrated circuit chip includes a first processor core and a second processor core. The processing node also includes an operating system executing on either of the first processor core and the second processor core. The operating system may monitor a current ... 02/01/07 - 20070028131 - Energy saving system An energy saving system used in an electronic device is provided. The energy saving system includes a battery for supplying the electronic device with energy; a energy detector for measuring a energy level of the battery, and transmitting a battery energy saving control signal when the measured energy level is ... 02/01/07 - 20070028130 - Power budgeting for computers A computer system uses power-consumption monitors for each of plural sets of devices. A power budget arbiter determines whether a collective power-consumption criterion is met at least in part as a function of said power-consumption data. ... 02/01/07 - 20070028129 - Power monitoring for processor module A processor module includes an execution unit and a power monitor for monitoring power consumption by processor components including said execution unit. ... 02/01/07 - 20070028128 - Power saving method A power-saving method of continuous display and effective cost in a system that includes memory directly accessed by a CPU and at least one display device within vertical blanking. The method includes the following steps: issuing a Power-saving related message; dropping the Power-saving related message, wherein a Power-saving related flag ... 01/18/07 - 20070016814 - Method and apparatus for adjusting the voltage and frequency to minimize power dissipation in a multiprocessor system A method for adjusting the voltage and frequency to minimize power dissipation in a processor. The method of one embodiment comprises determining a power consumption value. The power consumption value is evaluated to obtain a new operating point. The new operating point is compared with a present operating point. A ... 01/04/07 - 20070006005 - Policy table rule based processor side bus signaling A system and method for selecting a computer hardware component of a computing system to throttle based on a selection policy is disclosed. A co-thermal control system may receive a first signal indicating a first condition for a plurality of computer hardware components has occurred. The co-thermal control system may ... 01/04/07 - 20070006004 - Dynamic bus parking Systems and methods of power management provide for issuing a power saving message from a processor toward a controller and using the controller to conduct a power saving activity in response to the power saving message. In one embodiment, the power saving message is issued by de-asserting a bus arbitration ... 12/28/06 - 20060294408 - Method for estimating power consumption of a cpu This invention provides a method for testing the power consumption of a CPU. This method involves recording energy output data from a controllable energy input through a CPU emulator. These data is used for assessing the power transferring efficiency. The CPU emulator is then replaced with a CPU, and then ... 12/28/06 - 20060294407 - Response to wake event while a system is in reduced power consumption state An apparatus adapted to facilitate execution of task or tasks in response to a detection of an occurrence of one of one or more particular wake events while a system is in a reduced power consumption state, with the system remaining in the reduced power consumption state during the execution ... 12/28/06 - 20060294406 - Reducing storage data transfer interference with processor power management Systems and methods of managing power consumption provide for placing a processor in a non-snoopable state while a storage interface associated with the processor is enabled for bus mastering. In one embodiment, the bus mastering results in traffic between the storage interface and a storage device, where the traffic is ... 12/21/06 - 20060288246 - System for a scalable and programmable power management integrated circuit A readily scalable modular progammable integrated circuit (IC) with improved power management is provided. An IC is described that contains one master controller module and a multiplicity of slave modules that include power-supplying functions, battery management functions, and analog and digital input-output functions. The master controller module configures the slave ... 12/21/06 - 20060288245 - Method and system for safe and efficient chip power down drawing minimal current when a device is not enabled Certain embodiments of a method and system for safe and efficient power down and drawing minimal current when a device is not enabled may comprise receiving within a network adapter chip (NAC) a signal that indicates a reduced power mode. Based on this signal, the NAC may control an off-chip ... 11/30/06 - 20060271804 - Power consumption control for information handling system The present invention provides a system and method for controlling delivery of electrical power to a circuit board in an information handling system. A power management system is operable to detect an expansion circuit board that is operably coupled to a main system board of an information handling system. The ... 11/23/06 - 20060265617 - Power management in a system having multiple power modes A power management method may include initiating, in a system having at least two power modes, a transition between a first power mode and a second power mode. The method may include determining when the transition between the first power mode and the second power mode is complete. Optionally, the ... 11/16/06 - 20060259803 - Power saver automatic learning method A method of operating an electronic apparatus in a power saving mode by developing at least one pattern of use of the electronic apparatus, utilizing the at least one pattern of use to develop and/or select a plurality of use profiles, and polling a user to make a selection of ... 10/26/06 - 20060242441 - Method for controlling power in mobile phone, and mobile phone implementing the same Disclosed herein is a method of controlling power consumption of a mobile communication terminal, and a mobile communication terminal in which the method is implemented. The mobile communication terminal, having peripheral devices, such as a speaker, Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a camera, and a diversity unit for implementing a ... 10/26/06 - 20060242440 - Circuit and modes for storing data in operational and sleep modes The application relates to a circuit for storing a signal during sleep mode, said embodiments of the circuit comprising: a sleep signal input operable to receive a sleep signal; a clock signal input operable to receive a clock signal; a plurality of latches clocked by said clock signal, at least ... 10/26/06 - 20060242439 - Systems and methods for disabling power management in a computer system A power adapter comprises a power supply to output power for powering a powered device when the powered device is coupled to the power adapter. The power adapter further comprises a disable throttle indicator that, when the powered device is coupled to the power adapter, indicates to the powered device ... 10/19/06 - 20060236143 - Communication control apparatus, communication control system, power-saving control method, power-saving control program, and recording medium for recording the program A communication control apparatus having a function for shifting a mode to a power-saving mode that suppresses the power consumption to the level thereof lower than that in a normal mode upon satisfying a given condition includes a normal-operation control mechanism and a power-saving control mechanism. The normal-operation control mechanism ... 10/12/06 - 20060230300 - Selective power-down for high performance cpu/system A microelectronic device according to the present invention is made up of two or more functional units, which are all disposed on a single chip, or die. The present invention works on the strategy that all of the functional units on the die are not, and do not need to ... 10/12/06 - 20060230299 - System and method for power usage level management of blades installed within blade servers Methods and systems are disclosed for power usage level management of blades installed in blade servers. When a new blade added is to a blade server, possible power usage levels for the new blade are assessed to determine possible effects on the total power usage level of the chassis. By ... 10/05/06 - 20060224908 - Sharing apparatus and energy conservation controlling method therefor When any of a plurality of terminal devices 3 accesses an MFP 1 that is networked to the terminal devices 3, an IP address assigned to the terminal device 3 is stored in an address storage section 172 in the MFP 1. A signal is periodically transmitted to all the ... 09/21/06 - 20060212734 - Method for transmitting a power-saving command between a computer system and system chips thereof A method for transmitting a power-saving command between a computer system and system chips thereof is described. A power-saving command associated with a first system chip is introduced to the computer system since a BIOS is modified therefore. The CPU of the computer system determines the power mode of the ... 09/14/06 - 20060206738 - System and method for selective memory module power management A memory module includes a memory hub that monitors utilization of the memory module and directs devices of the memory module to a reduced power state when the module is not being used at a desired level. System utilization of the memory module is monitored by tracking system usage, manifested ... 09/14/06 - 20060206737 - Processor with variable wake-up and sleep latency and method for managing power therein For a processor having a plurality of sequential stages, variable (or idiosyncratic) wake-up latencies and a method for managing power in such a processor are provided. Each sequential stage includes one or more logic blocks and one or more power switches. A power controller can measure wake-up latencies for the ... 09/07/06 - 20060200690 - System and method of coherent data transfer during processor idle states Systems and methods of managing power provide for placing a processor in a non-snoopable state, where the processor is associated with a system memory. One or more data transfers between a controller and the system memory can be serviced while the processor is in the non-snoopable state. In one embodiment, ... 08/31/06 - 20060195710 - Electronic device and power saving control method According to one embodiment, an EC/KBC reads data of an acceleration sensor. The EC/KBC determines whether a computer is in a top heat state. If the EC/KBC determines that the computer is in the top heat state, it notifies a BIOS stored in a BIOS-ROM of a message to this ... 08/24/06 - 20060190751 - Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a memory bus interface by selectively disabling and enabling sense amplifiers A technique includes amplifying data signals from a memory bus interface. The amplified data signals are sampled, and the amplifier is selectively disabled in response to the absence of a predetermined operation occurring over the memory bus. In some embodiments of the invention, the amplification may be selectively enabled in ... 08/24/06 - 20060190750 - System power management based on motion detection A power management component in a computer system includes an imaging device operatively connected to a computer. When the computer has entered a low power state, the imaging device can continue to operate to detect motion in its field of view. When “enough” motion is detected, the imaging device can ... 08/17/06 - 20060184813 - Wake on lan power management A single integrated circuit includes logic that supports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T and 1000BASE-T transceiver functionality. The invention implements power management techniques by placing unused functionality in sleep mode. When the functionality is required later, then that functionality may be awakened again and used as required for the particular situation. A processor ... 08/10/06 - 20060179336 - Power saving circuit having a keeper stage to hold a signal line in a weakly held state Power saving method is achieved by weakly holding a signal line in its last in time state, which is responsive to and may be overcome by the state of an external signal. During sleep mode, the weakly held signal line state tracks and holds the external signal using alternatively a ... 08/10/06 - 20060179335 - Power control system and method, and main and auxiliary devices applied to the same A power control system and method, and main device and auxiliary device applied to the same. The power control system includes plural auxiliary devices for collecting a predetermined first power information, and a main device connected to the auxiliary devices through a local cable. The main device receives the first ... 08/10/06 - 20060179334 - Dynamic power management via dimm read operation limiter A method and system for enabling directed temperature/power management at the DIMM-level and/or DRAM-level utilizing intelligent scheduling of memory access operations received at the memory controller. Hot spots within the memory subsystem, caused by operating the DIMMs/DRAMs above predetermined/preset threshold power/temperature values for operating a DIMM and/or a DRAM, are ... 08/10/06 - 20060179333 - Power management via dimm read operation limiter A method and system for enabling directed temperature/power management at the DIMM-level and/or DRAM-level utilizing intelligent scheduling of memory access operations received at the memory controller. Hot spots within the memory subsystem, caused by operating the DIMMs/DRAMs above predetermined/preset threshold power/temperature values for operating a DIMM and/or a DRAM, are ... 08/10/06 - 20060179332 - Power system providing power to at least one component including circuit for minimizing effects of power interruptions and method of using same A power system (10) includes a power source (12) having a power output (14) and a signal output (16) and is shiftable between an off state and an on state supplying a given power from the power output (14), the power source (12) producing a signal on the signal output ... 08/03/06 - 20060174147 - Electronic equipment, sensor, method and program for controlling electronic equipment Electronic equipment includes two or more operating modes including a normal mode and a security mode and/or power saving mode. The electronic equipment comprises input devices which input information into the electronic equipment by a person performing an operation which is external to the electronic equipment, a sensor which is ... 08/03/06 - 20060174146 - Microprocessor performance mode control utilizing sensed temperature as an indication of microprocessor utilization Methods and systems are disclosed for controlling microprocessor (CPU) performance modes utilizing sensed temperatures as an indication of CPU utilization. By recognizing that temperature can be used as an indication of CPU utilization, higher performance modes can be entered as temperature increases, and lower performance modes can be entered as ... 07/13/06 - 20060156048 - Automatic cache activation and deactivation for power reduction The amount of chip power that is consumed for cache storage size maintenance is optimized by the close monitoring and control of frequency of missed requests, and the proportion of frequently recurring items to all traffic items. The total number of hit slots is measured per interval of time and ... 07/06/06 - 20060149982 - Memory power saving state Embodiments described herein provide a power saving state for a memory system. For example, a memory system may derive clocking information from a training pattern sent over a memory channel. A memory may comprise a link to receive training frames, and circuitry to derive a clock from the training frames, ... 07/06/06 - 20060149981 - Translation lookaside buffer (tlb) suppression for intra-page program counter relative or absolute address branch instructions In a pipelined processor, a pre-decoder in advance of an instruction cache calculates the branch target address (BTA) of PC-relative and absolute address branch instructions. The pre-decoder compares the BTA with the branch instruction address (BIA) to determine whether the target and instruction are in the same memory page. A ... 07/06/06 - 20060149980 - Power management in an ieee 802.11 ibss using an end of atim frame and a dynamically determine atim period An apparatus and method is provided for power management in an Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) that replaces the Ad-hoc Traffic Indication Message (ATIM) and its associated control logic, with a protocol comprising a variable length Data Alert frame transmission period or Data Alert window ... 06/29/06 - 20060143487 - Computing system with operational low power states A method is described that involves operating a computing system within a normal on state and transitioning from the normal on state to a main CPU/OS based state. In the main CPU/OS based state one or more components of the computing system are inactivated so as to cause the computing ... 06/29/06 - 20060143486 - System and method to profile an unconstrained power of a processor A method and system to profile unconstrained power of a CPU are provided. The method includes identifying a rate of power constraining in the CPU, identifying a threshold to activate power constraining, and determining unconstrained power of the CPU based on the rate of power constraining and the threshold. ... 06/29/06 - 20060143485 - Techniques to manage power for a mobile device System, apparatus, method and article to manage power for a mobile device are described. The apparatus may include a power management module to save an operating context for a processor to at least one memory unit, and reduce power to the processor below a context retention point. Other embodiments are ... 06/29/06 - 20060143484 - Dynamic control of reduced voltage state of graphics controller component of memory controller A method includes detecting a trigger condition, and in response to detecting the trigger condition, reducing a voltage applied to a graphics controller component of a memory controller. The reduction in voltage may cause the voltage to be reduced below a voltage level required to maintain context information in the ... 06/22/06 - 20060136762 - Display device An illuminance sensor detects an illuminance value for an environment in which a display device is placed and provides the illuminance value to a controller. The controller determines whether to cause the display device to make a transition to a power saving mode or not in accordance with the illuminance ... 06/22/06 - 20060136761 - System, method and program to automatically adjust allocation of computer resources System and computer program product for automatically adjusting allocation of processing power in a server. The server includes means for monitoring utilization of the processing power in the server and reporting the utilization of the processing power to the system, or means for monitoring availability of the processing power in ... 06/15/06 - 20060129858 - Control method of storage system, storage system, and storage apparatus When power to a storage device is turned on and the storage device can accept a data input and output request being transmitted from an information processing device, the storage device transmits a power-on request for turning on power to the information processing device. The storage device, when it accepts ... 06/15/06 - 20060129857 - Power-saving device for notebook computer A power-saving device implemented as a circuit design for a notebook computer comprises a power supply providing power to notebook computer, a built-in device, a control circuit connecting between the power supply and the built-in device, and a switch connecting to the power supply and the built-in device. The switch ... 06/15/06 - 20060129856 - System and method for expansion card power limiting System and method for limiting power consumption in add-in expansion cards. A preferred embodiment comprises retrieving power consumption information for the add-in card, receiving power limit information for the expansion bus, determining if the add-in card is over power, and reducing the add-in card's power consumption if the add-in card ... 06/15/06 - 20060129855 - Waking a main computer system to pre-fetch data for an auxiliary computing device An auxiliary computing device wakes an associated main computer system to obtain data as needed, on-demand and/or in anticipation of demand. The wakeup operation is ordinarily temporary to fetch data, whereby only a small amount of power is consumed by the main computer system. In one implementation, a control channel ... 06/08/06 - 20060123260 - Mobile data terminal and communication method therefor A mobile data terminal and a communication method therefor enabling CPU power consumption to be reduced by changing a setting of a CPU operation clock signal to a lower frequency than in a busy state and by maintaining a frequency of a memory access clock signal at the same level ... 06/08/06 - 20060123259 - Information processing device and consumption power control method Information processing equipment is so constructed that the power consumption of a disk drive for hard disks, optical disks, or the like can be reliably and sufficiently reduced. The host CPU (120) of an information processing unit (100) forms a command for changing the power consumption mode of a HDD ... 06/01/06 - 20060117196 - Information processing apparatus and control method The present invention provides an information processing apparatus having a system body, body operation means provided on the system body, and remote operation means for use in performing a remote operation of the system body, the information processing apparatus being configured to perform processing according to operational information obtained by ... 05/25/06 - 20060112292 - Methods of computer power states management and computers utilizing the same A method of computer power state management. When an operating system thereof is idle and the processor thereof transits to a clock-suspended power state (C3/C4 state), an arbitrary bit is asserted to prevent requests from being passed through the Northbridge. When the processor is in the C3/C4 state, if a ... 05/11/06 - 20060101297 - Reducing power consumption of a microprocessor Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for reducing the power consumption of a microprocessor. One or more signal transitions in an instruction set of a microprocessor are profiled. A probability of occurrence is assigned to each instruction in the instruction set. A binary operation code ... 05/04/06 - 20060095804 - Physical layer device and power-saving method for physical layer device A method for saving electrical power for a physical layer (PHY) device including a plurality of sub-circuits is disclosed. The method includes the steps of outputting a plurality of link pulses, asserting a plurality of disabling signals-between two adjacent link pulses for disabling the sub-circuits, respectively, and deasserting the disabling ... 05/04/06 - 20060095803 - Method and related apparatus for reducing chipset power consumption A chipset has a plurality of driving units, each unit connecting to an address pin of a memory module for driving a one-bit address signal while accessing the memory module. The method detects configurations of memory modules, and determines which address pins are unused and makes corresponding driving units stop ... 05/04/06 - 20060095802 - Scan chain disable function for power saving An apparatus, a method and a computer program product are provided for conserving energy during functional mode of a processor by disabling the scan chain. By inserting logic gating into the scan chain it is possible to disable the scan chain during the processor's functional mode. During functional mode the ... 05/04/06 - 20060095801 - Optical record carrier recording apparatus The present invention relates to an optical record carrier (55) recording apparatus (5) such as a small form factor optical drive and to a portable device (1), such as a mobile phone or a palmtop computer, comprising such an optical record carrier (55) recording apparatus (5). To enable different accessing ... 04/27/06 - 20060090091 - Method and system for reducing power consumption of handsets through uart auto flow control Certain aspects of reducing power consumption in communication devices may comprise deasserting a signal indicating that an on-chip UART may be ready to receive data. The deasserted signal may be asserted when the on-chip UART is not ready to receive data. The deasserted signal and asserted signal may be a ... 04/27/06 - 20060090090 - Multifunction computer power button A computer includes an input/output (I/O) chip, a power button coupled to the I/O chip, and a controller coupled to the power button. In a first operational mode, the I/O chip switches power to the computer in response to an actuation of the power button. In a second operational mode, ... 04/20/06 - 20060085659 - Power saving method for portable information processing unit, and portable information processing system A system realize power saving of a portable information processing unit including an external device, when the external unit receiving the power supplied from the portable information processing unit is connected to the portable information processing unit. An operation mode according to the power supply state of the external unit ... 04/06/06 - 20060075270 - Computer power control A computer including a CPU, a power output unit to output driving power needed for driving the CPU, a CPU state output unit to output a first state information signal when it is detected that the CPU is driven in a power saving mode, a signal switching unit to output ... 03/30/06 - 20060069937 - Power-saving circuitry and method of cpu A power-saving circuitry of CPU is provided. The power-saving circuitry comprises a switching transistor having a first source/drain electrode being grounded, a second source/drain electrode being electrically coupled to a DC power, and a gate electrode being electrically coupled to the CPU. When the CPU is under a normal operation ... 03/30/06 - 20060069936 - Global and pseudo power state management for multiple processing elements A method and apparatus for global and local power management is herein described. Hardware within monitor/receives power management requests for any number of processing elements and adjusts global performance resources to change the global power state of all the processing elements or adjusts a local performance resource for a processing ... 03/09/06 - 20060053325 - Storing system information in a low-latency persistent memory device upon transition to a lower-power state According to some embodiments, it may be determined that a processing system is to transition from a higher-power state to a lower-power state. System information may then be copied from a volatile memory device to a low-latency persistent memory device, and it may be arranged for the processing system to ... 03/02/06 - 20060047986 - Method and apparatus for controlling power management state transitions An integrated circuit device, such as a processor initiates a transition to a first power management state. The device then receives a request to exit the first power management state and, in response exits the first power management state at the highest of a reference operating voltage, such as a ... 02/23/06 - 20060041765 - Vehicle-mounted power supply system In a vehicle-mounted power supply system, the automotive generator generates a voltage for charging a first battery. Power conversion circuitry is connected between the first battery and a second battery that is connected to an electrical load to operate in a first mode or in a second mode when power ... 01/19/06 - 20060015761 - Dynamic lane, voltage and frequency adjustment for serial interconnect A method is described which comprises propagating electronic signals within circuitry comprising a transmitter to select a number of the transmitter's lanes, set a speed for each of the lanes, and set at least a driver supply voltage for each of the lanes. The number and speed determine the transmitter's ... 01/05/06 - 20060005058 - Portable communication device with multi-tiered power save operation A system and method for providing multi-tiered power save operation in a portable communication device. A portable communication device may be operated in a first power-save mode. A power-save module of the portable communication device may, for example, provide for operation in such a first power-save mode. It may be ... 01/05/06 - 20060005057 - Dynamic power requirement budget manager A system and method to determine a presence of devices coupled to one a more peripheral buses in a system, and dynamically reducing power consumption of a subset of the devices that are present, based on correlating application/device association and a predetermined power source budget. In one embodiment, the reducing ... 12/29/05 - 20050289376 - System and method to maintain data processing system operation in degraded system cooling condition A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for maintaining operation of the data processing system in the event of a degraded system cooling condition is provided. A first temperature of a processor is identified as equaling or exceeding a processor throttling threshold. The operational frequency of the ... 12/15/05 - 20050278560 - Method for testing and verifying power management features of computer system A method of automatically testing and verifying power management features of a computer system in different modes including Standby, Hibernate, Shutdown, and Reboot is disclosed. After an operator has chosen on an operation menu screen one or more items for executing the power state test and set related numeric values ... 12/15/05 - 20050278559 - Low power computer with main and auxiliary processors An architecture for a computer includes a primary processor that consumes power at a first rate, that is operated when the computer is in an high power mode and that is not powered when the computer is in a low power mode. A primary graphics processor communicates with the primary ... 12/08/05 - 20050273635 - Power state coordination between devices sharing power-managed resources Methods and apparatuses for coordination of power state management in and electronic system. ... 12/01/05 - 20050268127 - Electronic apparatus for use with removable storage medium, control method therefor, and program for implementing the method An electronic apparatus which makes it possible to reduce start-up time for starting the electronic apparatus, without necessitating installment of a plurality of CPUs in the electronic apparatus. A main CPU 45 controls a digital camera implementing the electronic apparatus. A storage medium for storing information can be detachably attached ... 11/03/05 - 20050246564 - Advanced power management in generic usb drivers Techniques are disclosed to provide advanced power management in generic USB drivers. More particularly, a generic USB device driver architecture is described which enables development through a user-mode USB library that accesses a generic kernel-mode driver. The architecture may be utilized to provide advanced power management. In a described implementation, ... 11/03/05 - 20050246563 - Task-oriented processing as an auxiliary to primary computing environments A computing system that incorporates an auxiliary processor to the main system processor. The auxiliary system utilizes a separate application runtime for processes and is capable of operating even when the primary system is in an off state. Methods for load-balancing are provided based on computing needs respective to power ... 10/27/05 - 20050240787 - Probabilistic and introverted switching to conserve energy in a digital system A processor having binary switches is configured to operate at a predetermined probability value that the logical value of each switch is correct. A supply voltage is coupled to the binary switches. A randomized signal detector is configured to detect a randomized signal, which may be amplified to a predetermined ... 10/27/05 - 20050240786 - Selecting input/output devices to control power consumption of a computer system Input/output (I/O) devices may be controlled to reduce power consumption of a computer system. A power consumption metric for the I/O devices connected to the computer system is determined. At least one of the I/O devices is selected based on the determined power consumption metric, and power consumption for the ... 10/20/05 - 20050235170 - Computer power conservation apparatus and method A computer measures a processor load and configures itself so that a lesser amount of speculative execution is enabled when the processor is lightly loaded than is enabled when the processor is heavily loaded. ... 10/20/05 - 20050235169 - Power reduction for unintentional activation of a wireless input device An improved method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of a wireless input device when the wireless input device is unintentionally activated, and thereby significantly reduces the amount of power needed to operate the associated circuitry over an extended period of time. In one embodiment, an unintentional activation of the ... 10/13/05 - 20050229017 - Power reduction in microprocessor systems method of preventing an electronic file containing a computer virus from infecting a computer system using the Symbian™ operating system, the method comprising the steps of scanning files using an anti-virus application, and if an infected file is identified, maintaining the file in an open non-sharing state, whereby other applications ... 10/06/05 - 20050223249 - Managing power consumption by requesting an adjustment to an operating point of a processor A processor is provided with a workload that has a real-time demand. A processor clock frequency requirement is set for the processor, based on a deadline margin for the real-time demand. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. ... 09/22/05 - 20050210304 - Method and apparatus for power-efficient high-capacity scalable storage system A method for managing power consumption among a plurality of storage devices is disclosed. A system and a computer program product for managing power consumption among a plurality of storage devices are also disclosed. All the storage devices from among the plurality of storage devices are not powered-on at the ... 09/22/05 - 20050210303 - Input device An input device includes an input circuit including a plurality of key switches connected in parallel to one another, and a control circuit including a key input terminal to which a first terminal of the input circuit is connected, and an interrupt terminal to which a second terminal of the ... 09/22/05 - 20050210302 - Integrated circuit, semiconductor device and id chip A contactless semiconductor device is provided where a low power consumption is achieved and wireless communication is carried out stably. A power supply level of a reader/writer and the operating state of internal blocks of an ID chip are monitored. In accordance with such conditions, a clock signal of an ... 09/15/05 - 20050204178 - Method for controlling power consumption associated with a processor A method for controlling power consumption associated with a processor in which, depending on the respective embodiment, a relative amount of idle time, activity time, or idle time and activity time associated with the processor are measured or detected, results of the measuring being used by the processor for controlling ... 09/15/05 - 20050204177 - Method for providing real-time power conservation in a processor A method for providing power conservation in a processor in which, depending on the respective embodiment, a relative amount of idle time, activity time, or idle time and activity time associated with the processor are measured or detected, results of the measuring being used by the processor for controlling a ... 09/15/05 - 20050204176 - Power control of remote apparatus via network A power consumption control method for collectively controlling the power consumption of electronic apparatuses connected to a network is provided. When an electronic apparatus is connected to the network, a management device performs power-saving control for the electronic apparatus. When the electronic apparatus is disconnected from the network, the electronic ... 09/08/05 - 20050198543 - Processor having real-time power conservation A processor, comprising a monitor for, depending on the respective embodiment, measuring a relative amount of idle time, activity time, or idle time and activity time associated with the processor, results of the measuring being used by the processor for controlling a clock speed. Yet other embodiments disclose, depending upon ... 09/08/05 - 20050198542 - Method and apparatus for a variable memory enable deassertion wait time An integrated circuit designed to be coupled to a suspendable memory, the integrated circuit comprising a memory enable deassertion delay (MEDD) logic setting a wait period for the deassertion of a memory enable signal after completion of a memory operation. The wait period is chosen for a preferred latency versus ... 08/25/05 - 20050188233 - Integrated circuit devices that support dynamic voltage scaling of power supply voltages An integrated circuit device is provided with a power supply voltage generator therein. This voltage generator is configured to respond to an operating mode control signal by generating first and second power supply voltages at equivalent voltage levels when the operating mode control signal designates a normal mode of operation ... 08/25/05 - 20050188232 - Method of managing power consumption of a network interface A method of managing power consumption of a network interface is provided. The method is capable of cutting off the power and the clock signal supply to the MAC and the PHY receiving terminals of the network interface when the user disables the wake-up function, and when the user enables ... 08/18/05 - 20050182981 - Disk array apparatus and power backup method for the same HDD boxes 831 to 83n are each incorporated with a secondary battery box 87, a non-isolated DC/DC converter 89, and an HDD 91. Logical circuit boards 851 to 85n are each incorporated with the secondary battery box 87, fast-transient-response-type non-isolated DC/DC converters 931 to 933, and a plurality of loads ... 08/18/05 - 20050182980 - Computer with low-power secondary processor and secondary display A computer includes a primary processor, a primary memory, and a primary input/output (I/O) interface that communicates with the primary processor and the primary memory. A primary display communicates with the primary I/O interface. The primary processor, the primary memory, and the primary display are operated in active and inactive ... 07/28/05 - 20050166077 - Method for reactivating an autonomous computer To achieve optimum energy savings in a laptop computer and to manage its mobility with the utmost efficiency, a standby mode is planned for this laptop. In this standby mode, a telecommunications card remains in a state of listening to short messages if any. Depending on the short message received, ... 07/28/05 - 20050166076 - System, method and software for power management in a stylus input enabled information handling system A system, method and software for managing power, operating states and transition within a stylus based information handling system (IHS) are provided. In one aspect, a parking garage operable to detect the presence of an IHS stylus is provided. When the stylus is detected in the parking garage, an IHS ... 07/28/05 - 20050166075 - Method and apparatus for managing power and thermal alerts transparently to an operating system in a data processing system with increased granularity in reducing power usage and thermal generation A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing a set of devices in the data processing system. An alert is received through an external alert mechanism. The alert is at least one of a power alert and a thermal alert. In response to the alert, operation of a selected device ... 07/28/05 - 20050166074 - Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a logically partitioned data processing system A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing a set of processors. A call from an operating system is received. The call indicates that a selected processor in the set of processors is unneeded for a period of time. In response to receiving this call, the operation of the selected ... 07/21/05 - 20050160302 - Power management apparatus and method In order to conserve power in a computer display, an apparatus is provided to switch the display to a power-saving mode when, for example, no operation has been performed on the computer for some predetermined time. In the power-saving mode, a full-screen black screen is displayed behind any currently active ... 07/14/05 - 20050154933 - System and method for wake on wireless lan A system and method for energy conservation in wireless networks includes techniques for powering down a Soft AP device while still maintaining compliance with the “always on” requirement for access points in wireless networks. The system and method includes a technique for causing a host system having a Soft AP ... 07/07/05 - 20050149773 - Energy conservation method and mechanism for gaming/arcade/vending/transaction/kiosk machines An energy conservation method and/or mechanism for gaming, arcade, vending, transaction, and/or kiosk machines. Gaming, arcade, or vending machines equipped with the energy conservation mechanism remain in a FULL POWER mode when credits remain on the machines. When credits are at zero for a predetermined amount of time, the gaming, ... 07/07/05 - 20050149772 - Microprocessor for reducing leakage power and method thereof A microprocessor to reduce leakage power of execution units or reconfigurable cells, and method thereof are provided. The microprocessor may include a control unit for assigning an instruction, a plurality of execution units connected to the control unit, and a temperature sensor unit for acquiring temperature information of each of ... 06/30/05 - 20050144494 - Method and apparatus for reducing memory current leakage a mobile device A processing system includes a processor (20) having an idle mode node for generating an idle mode signal indicating whether the processor is in an idle mode and a memory (22) having a data retention node for receiving a data retention mode signal. The memory includes circuitry for placing the ... 06/23/05 - 20050138453 - Electronic apparatus In a configuration in which supply of a first operating power source to a main circuit part is stopped at the time of shifting to a standby mode, at the time of shifting to the standby mode, a voltage of a second operating power source is lowered to a voltage ... 06/23/05 - 20050138452 - Information processing system and operating system An information processing system that can reduce its power consumption by means of robust power controlling even upon occurrence of an interruption/exception processing. If it is found that there is no task set in the ready state as a result of watching the number of tasks set in the ready ... 06/23/05 - 20050138451 - Uplink poll-based power save delivery method in a wireless local area network for real time communication A mobile station (106) establishes a real time communication link via an access point (102) for carrying voice or other time-sensitive data. A WLAN subsystem (204) of the mobile station is normally kept in a low power state. Upon initiating a communication link the mobile station signals to the access ... 06/23/05 - 20050138450 - Apparatus and method for power performance monitors for low-power program tuning In some embodiments, a method and apparatus for power performance monitors for low-power program tuning are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the computation of power consumption levels of instructions of an application. Once consumption levels are computed, instruction sequences of the application are identified that exhibit an excess ... 06/23/05 - 20050138449 - Method, service and program for variation reduction in an information processor having multiple power levels An information processor having a plurality of operating modes differing in power consumption and capable of changing the operating mode according to the amount of processing has periodic switching detection means of performing detection as to whether the information processor is periodically switching from a low-power-consumption operating mode in which ... 06/09/05 - 20050125704 - System and method for reducing power usage According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of reducing power use in a device capable of operating at two or more power levels includes selecting a range of power management timer settings for a first power management timer. The first power management timer is for switching the ... 06/09/05 - 20050125703 - Method and system for power management including local bounding of device group power consumption A method and system for power management including local bounding of device group power consumption provides the responsiveness of local power control while meeting global system power consumption and power dissipation limits. At the system level, a global power bound is determined and divided among groups of devices in the ... 06/09/05 - 20050125702 - Method and system for power management including device controller-based device use evaluation and power-state control A method and system for power management including device controller-based device use evaluation and power-state control provides improved performance in a power-managed processing system. Per-device usage information is measured and evaluated during process execution and is retrieved from the device controller upon a context switch, so that upon reactivation of ... 06/09/05 - 20050125701 - Method and system for energy management via energy-aware process scheduling A method and system for energy management via energy-aware process scheduling provides per-process energy use/power dissipation control to manage system energy requirements and thermal conditions without throttling overall system performance. Use of energy by a particular process is measured or is estimated from resource requirements that are determined by the ... 06/02/05 - 20050120255 - System and method for powering down a mobile device Described is a mechanism for mobile devices that allows a user to set a time at which the mobile device will automatically power down, and another time at which the mobile device will wake up. The mechanism further allows the mobile device to be awakened earlier than the wake up ... 06/02/05 - 20050120254 - Power management for processing modules A processing element (PE) includes a processing unit (PU) and a number of attached processing units (APUs). The instruction set of each APU is divided a priori into a number of types, each type associated with a different amount of heat generation. Each APU keeps track of the amount of ... ### FreshPatents.com Support - Terms & Conditions |