Abstract: A system has one or more primary power regions having restrictions indicating that the primary power regions are not to be placed in an offline state. The system also includes one or more secondary power region that can either be parked or off-lined into a limited state having limited functionality in that functionality is removed from the one or more secondary power regions when placed in a limited state. At least one interrupt is allocated to one of the primary power regions, based on interrupt characteristics.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to capturing and storing historical data regarding thermal remediations, to predicting and acting on remediation futures and to communicating with applications regarding thermal remediations implemented on the computer system. In one scenario, a computer system determines which thermal remediations are currently being implemented on a monitored computing device. The thermal remediations are based on the monitored computing device's current operating environment including the physical thermal environment and/or the current software execution environment. The computer system further tracks thermal remediation levels for those thermal remediations that are currently being implemented on the monitored computing device, the thermal remediation levels indicating the degree to which each thermal remediation is implemented.

Abstract: A system has one or more primary power regions having restrictions indicating that the primary power regions are not to be placed in an offline state. The system also includes one or more secondary power region that can either be parked or off-lined into a limited state having limited functionality in that functionality is removed from the one or more secondary power regions when placed in a limited state. At least one interrupt is allocated to one of the primary power regions, based on interrupt characteristics.

Abstract: A system has one or more primary power regions having restrictions indicating that the primary power regions are not to be placed in an offline state. The system also includes one or more secondary power region that can either be parked or off-lined into a limited state having limited functionality in that functionality is removed from the one or more secondary power regions when placed in a limited state. At least one interrupt is allocated to one of the primary power regions, based on interrupt characteristics.

Abstract: Automatically changing the brightness of a display device. A method includes, while the display device is at a first brightness power output level, detecting a power saving event indicating that it is desirable to reduce overall power consumed by the display device. The method further includes continuing to operate the display device at the first power output level while attempting to identify a brightness power output level change triggering event. The brightness power output level change triggering event is an event that occurs that makes a change to the brightness power output level of the display device less perceptible to a user. The method further includes detecting a brightness power output level change triggering event. In response to detecting the brightness power output level change triggering event, the method includes changing the power output level of the display device to a second brightness power output level.

Abstract: One or more systems and/or techniques are provided for managing a partially encrypted file system, for storage hardware virtualization, and/or for storage management. In example, data may be stored in a partially encrypted file system, where sensitive data is encrypted for security and non-sensitive data is unencrypted, which may mitigate energy usage otherwise used for encrypting non-sensitive data, thus improving battery life. In an example, a storage device may be exposed to applications as a plurality of isolated storage structures where an application is provided data access to an isolated storage structure assigned to the application but not to isolated storage structures assigned to other applications, which may provide hardware level isolation with improved energy efficiency. In an example, a storage management component, configured to provide isolation and encryption, may be integrated into a computing device as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a system on a chip (SoC).

Abstract: Automatically changing the brightness of a display device. A method includes, while the display device is at a first brightness power output level, detecting a power saving event indicating that it is desirable to reduce overall power consumed by the display device. The method further includes continuing to operate the display device at the first power output level while attempting to identify a brightness power output level change triggering event. The brightness power output level change triggering event is an event that occurs that makes a change to the brightness power output level of the display device less perceptible to a user. The method further includes detecting a brightness power output level change triggering event. In response to detecting the brightness power output level change triggering event, the method includes changing the power output level of the display device to a second brightness power output level.

Abstract: A system has one or more primary power regions having restrictions indicating that the primary power regions are not to be placed in an offline state. The system also includes one or more secondary power region that can either be parked or off-lined into a limited state having limited functionality in that functionality is removed from the one or more secondary power regions when placed in a limited state. At least one interrupt is allocated to one of the primary power regions, based on interrupt characteristics.

Abstract: A system has one or more primary power regions having restrictions indicating that the primary power regions are not to be placed in an offline state. The system also includes one or more secondary power region that can either be parked or off-lined into a limited state having limited functionality in that functionality is removed from the one or more secondary power regions when placed in a limited state. At least one interrupt is allocated to one of the primary power regions, based on interrupt characteristics. At least one thread is allocated to one of the primary power regions, based on thread characteristics. At least one page is allocated to one of the primary power regions, based on page characteristics.

Abstract: One or more systems and/or techniques are provided for managing a partially encrypted file system, for storage hardware virtualization, and/or for storage management. In example, data may be stored in a partially encrypted file system, where sensitive data is encrypted for security and non-sensitive data is unencrypted, which may mitigate energy usage otherwise used for encrypting non-sensitive data, thus improving battery life. In an example, a storage device may be exposed to applications as a plurality of isolated storage structures where an application is provided data access to an isolated storage structure assigned to the application but not to isolated storage structures assigned to other applications, which may provide hardware level isolation with improved energy efficiency. In an example, a storage management component, configured to provide isolation and encryption, may be integrated into a computing device as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a system on a chip (SoC).

Abstract: A computing system having a plurality of processing units configured to perform work by having threads assigned to the processing units. A thread scheduler is coupled to the plurality of processors and configured to schedule threads to the processing units. A power manager is coupled to the thread scheduler and controls performance states or idle states of the processing units. The thread scheduler maintains information about current performance state or idle state per processing unit. The information includes a multi-level description of the processing units in the computing system. The multi-level description includes three or more different entry values of different levels for performance state or idle state for processing units. The power manager provides the multi-level description of the processing units to the thread scheduler, which is configured to schedule threads to the processing units based on the multi-level description.

Abstract: One or more systems and/or techniques are provided for managing a partially encrypted file system, for storage hardware virtualization, and/or for storage management. In example, data may be stored in a partially encrypted file system, where sensitive data is encrypted for security and non-sensitive data is unencrypted, which may mitigate energy usage otherwise used for encrypting non-sensitive data, thus improving battery life. In an example, a storage device may be exposed to applications as a plurality of isolated storage structures where an application is provided data access to an isolated storage structure assigned to the application but not to isolated storage structures assigned to other applications, which may provide hardware level isolation with improved energy efficiency. In an example, a storage management component, configured to provide isolation and encryption, may be integrated into a computing device as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a system on a chip (SoC).

Abstract: A system has one or more primary power regions having restrictions indicating that the primary power regions are not to be placed in an offline state. The system also includes one or more secondary power region that can either be parked or off-lined into a limited state having limited functionality in that functionality is removed from the one or more secondary power regions when placed in a limited state. At least one interrupt is allocated to one of the primary power regions, based on interrupt characteristics. At least one thread is allocated to one of the primary power regions, based on thread characteristics. At least one page is allocated to one of the primary power regions, based on page characteristics.

Abstract: Automatically changing the brightness of a display device. A method includes, while the display device is at a first brightness power output level, detecting a power saving event indicating that it is desirable to reduce overall power consumed by the display device. The method further includes continuing to operate the display device at the first power output level while attempting to identify a brightness power output level change triggering event. The brightness power output level change triggering event is an event that occurs that makes a change to the brightness power output level of the display device less perceptible to a user. The method further includes detecting a brightness power output level change triggering event. In response to detecting the brightness power output level change triggering event, the method includes changing the power output level of the display device to a second brightness power output level.

Abstract: One or more systems and/or techniques are provided for managing a partially encrypted file system, for storage hardware virtualization, and/or for storage management. In example, data may be stored in a partially encrypted file system, where sensitive data is encrypted for security and non-sensitive data is unencrypted, which may mitigate energy usage otherwise used for encrypting non-sensitive data, thus improving battery life. In an example, a storage device may be exposed to applications as a plurality of isolated storage structures where an application is provided data access to an isolated storage structure assigned to the application but not to isolated storage structures assigned to other applications, which may provide hardware level isolation with improved energy efficiency. In an example, a storage management component, configured to provide isolation and encryption, may be integrated into a computing device as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a system on a chip (SoC).

Abstract: A computing system having a plurality of processing units configured to perform work by having threads assigned to the processing units. A thread scheduler is coupled to the plurality of processors and configured to schedule threads to the processing units. A power manager is coupled to the thread scheduler and controls performance states or idle states of the processing units. The thread scheduler maintains information about current performance state or idle state per processing unit. The information includes a multi-level description of the processing units in the computing system. The multi-level description includes three or more different entry values of different levels for performance state or idle state for processing units. The power manager provides the multi-level description of the processing units to the thread scheduler, which is configured to schedule threads to the processing units based on the multi-level description.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to capturing and storing historical data regarding thermal remediations, to predicting and acting on remediation futures and to communicating with applications regarding thermal remediations implemented on the computer system. In one scenario, a computer system determines which thermal remediations are currently being implemented on a monitored computing device. The thermal remediations are based on the monitored computing device's current operating environment including the physical thermal environment and/or the current software execution environment. The computer system further tracks thermal remediation levels for those thermal remediations that are currently being implemented on the monitored computing device, the thermal remediation levels indicating the degree to which each thermal remediation is implemented.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for optimizing processing of single byte characters employed within a multibyte character encoding scheme in association with an underlying data encoding scheme employed within an operating system. The method includes: (1) receiving a data string, (2) passing the data string in its entirety to a first processing routine and (3) evaluating the data string to determine if any character in the data string is an excluded character of a host font. The method further includes (4) transferring the data string in its entirety to a second processing routine and (5) assessing a limited number of characters in the data string to determine if the data string can be converted under an underlying encoding scheme.

Abstract: The performance of a computer system having a faster memory unit and a slower memory unit is improved. Memory locations of the faster memory unit are shared by a plurality of memory locations of the slower memory unit. The frequently accessed routines and data structures in the system are identified. The size of each frequently accessed routine is determined. Each routine is associated with a Moment Value computed according to a size of each routine and a frequency of access of the routine. The Moment Values and the associated routines are sorted in descending order in a sorted Moment Value list so that the routine with the largest Moment Value is first in the sorted Moment Value list. The associated routines are arranged in the order of decreasing Moment Value at memory locations in the slower memory unit of the computer.The performance of the program running on the computer system is improved by reducing contention for faster memory space among the frequently accessed routines.

Abstract: A methodology for allowing component models to be developed independently and allowing a user to select and connect a set of models into a desired multi-component configuration at run-time. The component models are built free from inter-model dependencies, thereby enhancing flexibility and reuse. The component models conform to a standard interface for initialization (prior to simulation run) and inter-model communication (prior to and during a simulation run).