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US 2016/0077568 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for saving power of a processor socket in a multi-socket computer system
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsPhani Kumar KANDULA, Tessil THOMAS
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Abstract
Described is an apparatus comprising: a plurality of system agents, at least one system agent including one or more queues; and logic to monitor the one or more queues in at least one system agent and to cause the plurality of system agents to block traffic after satisfaction of a criterion.
Claims26
A processor comprising:
- a plurality of system agents, each system agent including one or more queues;
- and
- logic to monitor the one or more queues in at least one system agent and to concurrently cause the plurality of system agents to block traffic after satisfaction of a criterion.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of processors, at least one of the processors, in a socket and coupled together in a ring, wherein a processor of the plurality comprises:
- a plurality of caches coupled together in a ring and at least one cache to receive a ring clock;
- and
- logic to gate the ring clock when the processor enters a particular power state.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- monitoring one or more queues in at least one system agent of the plurality of system agents of a socket;
- and
- blocking the plurality of system agents after satisfaction of a criterion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.