Patent №
US 6,901,522
Granted
2005-05-31
Filed 2001
Owner
INTEL CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09876609
A method and apparatus for power management is disclosed. The invention reduces power consumption in multiprocessing systems by dynamically adjusting processor power based on system workload. Particularly, the method and apparatus determines the number of required processors based on the number or active threads and sets a processor affinity to run the active threads on the determined number of required processors, thereby allowing the free processors to enter a low-power state.
AI classification
Ownership
INTEL CORPORATION
assignment · 118990836
Assignors
BUCH, DEEP K.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.