Workload-based maximum current
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsNikos Kaburlasos, Eric Samson, Jaymin B. Jasoliya
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Abstract
Described is an apparatus comprising a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may process a sequence of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) commands including an instruction carrying a flag that indicates a workload characteristic corresponding with the sequence of GPU commands. The second circuitry may initiate a power-directed parameter adjustment based upon the flag.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- a first circuitry to process a sequence of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) commands including a first instruction carrying a first flag that indicates a first workload characteristic corresponding with a first portion of the sequence of GPU commands and a second instruction carrying a second flag that indicates a second workload characteristic corresponding with a second portion of the sequence of GPU commands;
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- a second circuitry to initiate a first power-directed parameter adjustment based upon the first flag and a second power-directed parameter adjustment based upon the second flag,
- wherein the first flag indicates at least one of:
- a type of texture filtering associated with the first portion of the sequence of GPU commands, or a type of instruction associated with the first portion of the sequence of GPU commands.
An apparatus comprising:
- a command list circuitry to process a sequence of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) commands including a first flag instruction that indicates a first workload characteristic corresponding with a first portion of the sequence of GPU commands and a second flag instruction indicating a second workload characteristic corresponding with a second portion of the sequence of GPU commands;
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- a handshake circuitry to initiate a first power-directed parameter adjustment based upon the first flag instruction and initiate a second power-directed parameter adjustment based upon the second flag instruction, wherein the first flag instruction indicates at least one of:
- a type of texture filtering associated with the first portion of the sequence of GPU commands, or a type of instruction associated with the first portion of the sequence of GPU commands.
A system comprising a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, and a wireless interface for allowing the processor to communicate with another device, the processor including:
- a first circuitry to process a sequence of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) commands including a first instruction carrying a first flag that indicates a first workload characteristic corresponding with a first portion of the sequence of GPU commands, and a second instruction carrying a second flag that indicates a second workload characteristic corresponding with a second portion of the sequence of GPU commands;
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- a second circuitry to initiate a first power-directed parameter adjustment based upon the first flag, and a second power-directed parameter adjustment based upon the second flag,
- wherein the first flag indicates at least one of:
- a type of texture filtering associated with the first portion of the sequence of GPU commands, or a type of instruction associated with the first portion of the sequence of GPU commands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.