Patents by Inventor John D. Wilkes, JR.

John D. Wilkes, JR. 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).

  • Power management through power gating portions of an idle processor
    Patent number: 9696790
    Abstract: Processor power may be managed by executing state storage and power gating instructions after receiving an idle indication. The idle indication may be received while the processor is executing instructions in a first mode, and the processor may execute the state storage and power gating instructions in a second mode. The state storage and power gating instructions may be inaccessible to the processor when operating in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Noah Beck, John D. Wilkes, Jr., Francisco Leonel Duran
  • POWER MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160116970
    Abstract: Processor power may be managed by executing state storage and power gating instructions after receiving an idle indication. The idle indication may be received while the processor is executing instructions in a first mode, and the processor may execute the state storage and power gating instructions in a second mode. The state storage and power gating instructions may be inaccessible to the processor when operating in the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Noah Beck, John D. Wilkes, JR., Francisco Leonel Duran