Power-saving circuitry and method of cpu
AssigneeMitac Technology Corp.
InventorChang-Ching Peng
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AssigneeMitac Technology Corp.
InventorChang-Ching Peng
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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 mode, the switching transistor is turned on. When the CPU is under a power-saving mode (such as a C3 state), the switching transistor is turned off. In addition, the present invention further comprises a diode. Wherein, an anode of the diode is electrically coupled to the second source/drain electrode of the switching transistor, and a cathode of the diode is electrically coupled to a highest bit code of the voltage identification code of the CPU, so as to output the highest bit code of the voltage identification code of the CPU.
A power-saving circuitry of CPU, comprising:
A power-saving circuitry of CPU, wherein an operating voltage of the CPU is adjusted based on a voltage identification code, and one bit code of the voltage identification code is outputted via an identification code switching circuitry, and the power-saving circuitry comprises:
A power-saving method for CPU, wherein when the CPU is under a normal operation mode, a first operating voltage is required, and when the CPU is under a power-saving mode, a second operating voltage is required, and the power-saving method comprises automatically adjusting a voltage identification code of the CPU when the second operating voltage is not lower than the first operating voltage.
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