Using islands to control operating parameters for functional blocks in an electronic device

Using islands to control operating parameters for functional blocks in an electronic device

An electronic device includes a plurality of hardware functional blocks, the hardware functional blocks being logically grouped into two or more islands, with each island including a different one or more of the hardware functional blocks. A hardware controller in the electronic device is configured...

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Hauptverfasser: Tsien, Benjamin, Branover, Alexander J, Gibney, Thomas J, Gada, Sridhar V
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
PULSE TECHNIQUE
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Zusammenfassung:An electronic device includes a plurality of hardware functional blocks, the hardware functional blocks being logically grouped into two or more islands, with each island including a different one or more of the hardware functional blocks. A hardware controller in the electronic device is configured to determine a present activity being performed by at least one of the hardware functional blocks. The hardware controller then, based on the present activity, configures supply voltages for the hardware functional blocks in some or all of the islands.