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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7882162 | Rapid access to data on a powered down personal computer The disclosed embodiments provide rapid access to information stored on a personal computing device even though the personal computing device is powered off or otherwise in a low-power consumption state such as a sleep state or hibernation state. An software compone... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7882378 | Electronic device with serial ATA interface and power saving method for serial ATA buses In an electronic device with a serial ATA interface, upon detection of the issue or reception of a preset command, a confirmation device, such as a CPU, confirms the completion of execution of the command. Upon confirming the completion of execution of the command, ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7882377 | Electronic device with flexible processing system An electronic device comprising a host module and a wireless module each comprising a processing unit, wherein the electronic device is configurable to be operated in a low processing mode by performing processing functions for the electronic device using the proces... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877620 | Managing power in a parallel computer Managing power in a parallel computer, the parallel computer including a power supply and a plurality of compute nodes, the plurality of compute nodes powered by the power supply through a plurality of DC-DC converters, each DC-DC converter supplying current to an a... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873848 | Method for rapidly shifting a communication apparatus to a power save mode in an adhoc network Power saving cannot be implemented in the adhoc mode by only the IEEE 802.11 standard. This is because communication partners mutually utilize the power save mode in the adhoc mode, and their states must always be managed. In the adhoc mode, the number of communicat... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870403 | Centralized service for awakening a computing device Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing and interacting with a centralized wake service. A server-side wake service is provided that is operable to allow applications to subscribe to the wake service. The wake service receives a wake request ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7870404 | Transitioning to and from a sleep state of a processor A method for reducing power utilized by a processor including determining that a processor is transitioning from a computer mode to a mode in which system clock to the processor is disabled, and reducing core voltage to the processor to a value sufficient to maintai... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7870405 | Method of controlling power consumption of a memory according to mapping There is provided a method of controlling power consumption of a memory, which is executed in a computer system including operation server and a management server. The operation server includes one or more memory chips which are units to control the power consumptio... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865747 | Adaptive issue queue for reduced power at high performance A method and structure of reducing power consumption in a microprocessor includes at least one storage structure in which the activity of the storage structure is dynamically measured and the size of the structure is controlled based on the activity. The storage str... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7865748 | 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 ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7856567 | Electronic device with serial ATA interface and power saving method for serial ATA buses In an electronic device with a serial ATA interface, upon detection of the issue or reception of a preset command, a confirmation device, such as a CPU, confirms the completion of execution of the command. Upon confirming the completion of execution of the command, ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7856566 | Standby arrangement for power supplies An electronics product has a control unit responsive to a power-on remote control signal to enable DC power converters to supply power for normal operation of the product and to a microprocessor for responding to other remote control signals. The microprocessor cont... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853813 | Anticipatory power management for battery-powered electronic device Methods and apparatus for managing power consumption of a battery-powered electronic device are disclosed. According to one embodiment, power management can take action to reduce power consumption to accommodate estimated power requirements. According to another emb... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853812 | Reducing power usage in a software application A computer implemented method, an apparatus, and computer usable program code for reducing the amount of power used when executing a set of applications is provided. A controller determines an operating condition for the data processing system. Responsive to the ope... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853811 | Suspend mode operation for reduced power An integrated circuit (300) includes a suspend circuit that includes a first input to receive a suspend signal, a first output to generate an awake signal, and outputs to provide control signals to various integrated circuit resources. During suspend mode, th... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7849338 | Communication device and method for saving static power consumption of communication device A communication device and a method for saving static power consumption of communication device are disclosed. The communication device mainly includes a plurality of service units; and a power control circuit, cutting off power supply of at least one service unit o... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844843 | Implementing power savings in HSS clock-gating circuit A power saving clock-gating method and a power saving clock-gating circuit for implementing power savings in High Speed Serializer-deserializer (HSS) cores, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. The power saving clock-gating circu... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840825 | Method for autonomous dynamic voltage and frequency scaling of microprocessors A method for autonomous dynamic voltage (v) and frequency (f) scaling (DVFS) of a microprocessor, wherein autonomous detection of phases of high microprocessor workload and prediction of their duration is performed (PID). The microprocessor frequency (f) will be tem... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836316 | Conserving power in processing systems A network device may comprise an auxiliary processor to conserve the power of the network device. The auxiliary processor may modify one or more definition parameters of the programmable processing unit based on determining that the load value of the programmable pr... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7836317 | Methods and apparatus for power control in a scalable array of processor elements Low power architecture features and techniques are provided in a scalable array indirect VLIW processor. These features and techniques include power control of a reconfigurable register file, conditional power control of multi-cycle operations and indirect VLIW util... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831850 | Hybrid operating systems for battery powered computing systems Systems, methods, and/or techniques (“tools”) for hybrid operating systems for battery powered computing systems are described herein. The hybrid operating systems (OS) may include a full-power OS component that enables the computing system to operate in a full-... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827423 | Low power computer with main and auxiliary processors A processing device comprises a processor, low power nonvolatile memory that communicates with the processor, high power nonvolatile memory that communicates with the processor. The processing device manages data using a cache hierarchy comprising a high power (HP) ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818594 | Power efficient resource allocation in data centers A data center may be operated to achieve reduced power consumption by matching workloads to specific platforms. Attributes of the platforms may be compiled and those attributes may be used to allocate workloads to specific platforms. The attributes may include perfo... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814353 | Power management system for a communication device A power management system for a communication device, including an accessory-signal generating device; the communication device; and a power management device for supplying electric power to the communication device if the accessory-signal generating device is not g... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809966 | Information processing apparatus having a low power consumption state and releasing the low power consumption state to perform communication, and power control method therefor An information processing apparatus includes a communication device configured to communicate with a client apparatus via a network, an application system device configured to implement a previously installed application function, and a power controller configured t... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809967 | Electronic device with serial ATA interface and power saving method for serial ATA buses In an electronic device with a serial ATA interface, upon detection of the issue or reception of a preset command, a confirmation device, such as a CPU, confirms the completion of execution of the command. Upon confirming the completion of execution of the command, ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7802116 | Subsystem power management A method according to one embodiment may include generating, by subsystem voltage regulator circuitry, a subsystem power supply for subsystem circuitry based on, at least in part, a main power supply; detecting, by subsystem power management circuitry, the activity ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7802117 | Automated power management for electronic devices The present invention discloses a power management apparatus and method for devices comprising an interface module that includes receivers for receiving input signals from a device, an auto power management unit coupled with receivers for determining a state of the ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797560 | System and method for integrated temperature measurement in power over Ethernet applications A system and method for integrated thermal monitoring in Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications. Headroom in a particular cable installation is identified using ambient temperature measurement alone or in combination with determined cable characteristics. In calcula... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793125 | Method and apparatus for power throttling a processor in an information handling system A power system couples to a multi-core processor to provide power to the processor. The power system throttles at least one of the cores of the processor when the power that the processor consumes from the power system exceeds a predetermined threshold power. The po... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7793126 | Using priorities and power usage to allocate power budget Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to using priorities and power usage to allocate power budget to devices. In aspects, a console that maintains power usage, priorities, and other power data regarding a set of devices may receive a notification th... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788514 | 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 w... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7788513 | Method of reducing power consumption of a computing system by evacuating selective platform memory components thereof A method of reducing power consumption of a computing system by a predetermined amount comprises: selecting at least one memory component of the computer system for reduced power consumption based on the predetermined amount of power consumption reduction; and evacu... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783905 | Method for reducing power consumption of a computer system in the working state A method for reducing power consumption of a computer system in a working state is provided. The computer system comprises a processor, a memory and a chipset, and the processor is connected with the chipset through a processor bus. The method comprises classifying ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779280 | Low power mode for portable computer system A computer system is configured to operate in a normal mode and in a reduced power mode. The normal mode utilizes a primary processor, which operates using a primary operating system. When system power is depleted to a defined level, the primary processor is shut do... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774628 | Enabling/disabling power-over-ethernet software subsystem in response to power supply status An Ethernet switch includes 12-Volt and 48-Volt power sourcing modules, system software, Ethernet interface modules and optional power over Ethernet (PoE) modules. The Ethernet interface modules are motherboards that include the circuitry required to implement a non... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774629 | Method for power management of central processing unit and system thereof A method for power management of a CPU and a system thereof, which drive the CPU to enter a more efficient power saving state are disclosed. A chip of the present invention sends a first control signal to drive the CPU to wake from a non-snooping sleep state and ent... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774630 | Method, computing system, and computer program for reducing power consumption of a computing system by relocating jobs and deactivating idle servers In a computing system where multiple servers are connected through a network and one or more jobs are run, a power reduction facility of a supervisory server relocates jobs according to predetermined conditions, thereby reducing the amount of power consumed by the c... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770041 | Electronic device with serial ATA interface and power saving method for serial ATA buses In an electronic device with a serial ATA interface, upon detection of the issue or reception of a preset command, a confirmation device, such as a CPU, confirms the completion of execution of the command. Upon confirming the completion of execution of the command, ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7770040 | Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of a co-processor by switching to low power dedicated memory in which image data is periodically updated To provide reduced power consumption of a co-processor, a low power dedicated memory is provided. During a low power state, a processing component of the co-processor is instructed to use the low power dedicated memory and a first memory device, normally used by the... | 08/03/2010 |
