Abstract: A method and system for saving and/or retrieving context information of a processor core for a power state transition. The processor core resides in a complex power domain variously transitioning between a plurality of power states. The processor core includes a local context storage area for storage and retrieval of processor core context information. A low power context storage resides in a nominal power domain external to the complex power domain. Context information of the processor core is stored to the low power context storage based on whether a power state transition of the complex power domain includes a transition to power down the processor core.

Abstract: A method and system for saving and/or retrieving context information of a processor core for a power state transition. The processor core resides in a complex power domain variously transitioning between a plurality of power states. The processor core includes a local context storage area for storage and retrieval of processor core context information. A low power context storage resides in a nominal power domain external to the complex power domain. Context information of the processor core is stored to the low power context storage based on whether a power state transition of the complex power domain includes a transition to power down the processor core.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for energy-efficient operation of a device are described. In some embodiments, a cache performance indicator of a cache is monitored, and a set of one or more cache performance parameters based on the cache performance indicator is determined. The cache is dynamically resized to an optimal cache size based on a comparison of the cache performance parameters to their energy-efficient targets to reduce power consumption.

Abstract: A method and system for saving and/or retrieving context information of a processor core for a power state transition. The processor core resides in a complex power domain variously transitioning between a plurality of power states. The processor core includes a local context storage area for storage and retrieval of processor core context information. A low power context storage resides in a nominal power domain external to the complex power domain. Context information of the processor core is stored to the low power context storage based on whether a power state transition of the complex power domain includes a transition to power down the processor core.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a power up (or power mode) interface is provided whereby a chip's power up signals are encoded into multiple states to provide more functions than the number of signals used to define the states.

Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for managing memory requests for logic blocks or clients of a device. In one embodiment, busses are separated by the type of data to be carried by the busses. In another aspect, data transfers are decoupled from the memory requests which initiate the data transfers. In another aspect, clients competing for busses are arbitrated and selected memory requests may be provided programmable higher priority than other memory operations of a similar type.

Abstract: A network controller generates a remote direct memory access segment. In one embodiment, the controller generates an RDMA segment including an RDMA header, markers, and message segment data obtained in a direct memory access operation. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A method and system for transmitting packets. Packets may be transmitted when a protocol control block is copied from a host processing system to a network protocol offload engine. Message information that contains packet payload addresses may be provided to the network protocol offload engine to generate a plurality of message contexts in the offload engine. With the message contexts, protocol processing may be performed at the offload engine while leaving the packet payload in the host memory. Thus, packet payloads may be transmitted directly from the host memory to a network communication link during transmission of the packets by the offload engine. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a power up (or power mode) interface is provided whereby a chip's power up signals are encoded into multiple states to provide more functions than the number of signals used to define the states.

Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for managing Input/Output (I/O) requests in a cache memory system. A request is received to data at a memory address in a first memory device, wherein data in the first memory device is cached in a second memory device. A determination is made as to whether to fetch the requested data from the first memory device to cache in the second memory device in response to determining that the requested data is not in the second memory device. The requested data in the first memory device is accessed and the second memory device is bypassed to execute the request in response to determining not to fetch the requested data from the first memory device to cache in the second memory device.