Low power application execution on a data processing device having low graphics engine utilization

A non-transitory medium, readable through a data processing device and including instructions embodied therein that are executable through the data processing device, comprising:

• instructions to determine, through a processor of the data processing device, utilization of a graphics engine of the processor by an application executing on the data processing device based on initiation thereof through a driver associated with at least one of the processor and an operating system executing on the data processing device;
• instructions to detect, through the processor, an idle state of at least one non-graphics engine of the processor;
• instructions to transition, through the processor, a frame buffer associated therewith into a self-refresh mode of low power utilization thereof following determination of utilization of the graphics engine below a threshold and detection of the idle state of the at least one non-graphics engine;
• instructions to copy data related to the execution of the application to a memory of the data processing device in conjunction with the transitioning of the frame buffer into the self-refresh mode;
• instructions to clock-gate the at least one non-graphics engine following the transitioning of the frame buffer into the self-refresh mode and copying the data related to the execution of the application to the memory to reduce a power consumption of the data processing device;
• and
• instructions to enable the graphics engine to utilize the copied data in the memory for continued execution of the application on the data processing device.

A data processing device, comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory;
• and
• a driver component associated with at least one of the processor and an operating system executing on the data processing device, the driver component being configured to enable:
• determining utilization of a graphics engine of the processor by an application executing on the data processing device through test instructions executing on the processor,
• detecting, through the test instructions executing on the processor, an idle state of at least one non-graphics engine of the processor,
• transitioning, through the processor, a frame buffer associated therewith into a self-refresh mode of low power utilization thereof following determination of utilization of the graphics engine below a threshold and detection of the idle state of the at least one non-graphics engine,
• copying data related to the execution of the application to the memory in conjunction with the transitioning of the frame buffer into the self-refresh mode,
• clock-gating the at least one non-graphics engine following the transitioning of the frame buffer into the self-refresh mode and copying the data related to the execution of the application to the memory to reduce a power consumption of the data processing device, and
• utilizing of the copied data in the memory by the graphics engine for continued execution of the application on the data processing device.