Techniques to manage power for a mobile device
OwnerAlon Naveh, Efraim Rotem +2inventors
InventorsAlon Naveh, Efraim Rotem, Ariel Berkovits, Avi Mendelson
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Abstract
System, apparatus, method and article to manage power for a mobile device are described. The apparatus may include a power management module to save an operating context for a processor to at least one memory unit, and reduce power to the processor below a context retention point. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising a power management module to save an operating context for a processor to at least one memory unit, and reduce power to said processor below a context retention point.
A system, comprising:
- a first power supply;
- at least one memory unit comprising static random access memory;
- a processor to couple to said memory unit and said first power supply;
- and
- a power management module to couple to said processor, said memory unit and said first power supply, said power management module to save an operating context for said processor to said memory unit, and reduce power provided by said first power supply to said processor below a context retention point.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a signal to reduce power to a processor;
- saving an operating context for a processor to a memory unit;
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- reducing power to said processor to below a context retention point for said processor.
An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to receive a signal to reduce power to a processor, save an operating context for a processor to a memory unit, and reduce power to said processor to below a context retention point for said processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.