Patents by Inventor Craig Forbell

Craig Forbell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sharing power between domains in a processor package using encoded power consumption information from a second domain to calculate an available power budget for a first domain
    Patent number: 9423858
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention includes a processor having a first domain with at least one core to execute instructions, a second domain coupled to the first domain and having at least one non-core circuit, and a power control unit (PCU) coupled to the first and second domains. The PCU may include a power sharing logic to receive encoded power consumption information from the second domain and to calculate an available power budget for the first domain based at least in part on the encoded power consumption information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xiuting C. Mann, Avinash Ananthakrishnan, Michael N. Derr, Craig Forbell
  • Voltage regulator supplying power exclusively to a non-core region of a processor having a supply capability threshold
    Patent number: 9274580
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for monitoring a current provided from a voltage regulator to a non-core region of a processor, and asserting a throttle signal to the non-core region of the processor if the current exceeds a supply capability threshold of the voltage regulator. In one example, a specified current supply capability of the non-core region is greater than a current supply capability of the voltage regulator, and the supply capability threshold is less than the specified current supply capability of the non-core region and an over current protection threshold of the non-core region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ruoying Mary Ma, Craig Forbell, Soethiha Soe, Jawad Haj-Yihia, Jeffrey Carlson
  • Sharing Power Between Domains In A Processor Package
    Publication number: 20140089688
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention includes a processor having a first domain with at least one core to execute instructions, a second domain coupled to the first domain and having at least one non-core circuit, and a power control unit (PCU) coupled to the first and second domains. The PCU may include a power sharing logic to receive encoded power consumption information from the second domain and to calculate an available power budget for the first domain based at least in part on the encoded power consumption information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Xiuting C. Man, Avinash N. Ananthakrishnan, Michael N. Derr, Craig Forbell
  • MAXIMUM CURRENT THROTTLING
    Publication number: 20140006833
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for monitoring a current provided from a voltage regulator to a non-core region of a processor, and asserting a throttle signal to the non-core region of the processor if the current exceeds a supply capability threshold of the voltage regulator. In one example, a specified current supply capability of the non-core region is greater than a current supply capability of the voltage regulator, and the supply capability threshold is less than the specified current supply capability of the non-core region and an over current protection threshold of the non-core region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Ruoying Mary Ma, Craig Forbell, Soethiha Soe, Jawad Haj-Yihia