Patents by Inventor Eric Sunalp

Eric Sunalp 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).

  • Processor power and performance manager
    Patent number: 9329663
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for managing the power consumption and performance of a processing device. Power consumption and utilization ratios for a processing device may be continuously measured. The measured power consumption and utilization ratios may be compared to target power consumption and utilization ratios to adjust an operating frequency of the processing device. In one implementation a power controller may take the target and measured power consumption as inputs to generate a power output and a utilization controller may take the target and measured utilization ratios as inputs to generate a utilization output. The lower of the power output and the utilization output may be selected and used to adjust the operating frequency of the processing device. The power and utilization controllers may implement a proportional-integral control scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Jane, Gokhan Avkarogullari, Eric Sunalp
  • Processor Power and Performance Manager
    Publication number: 20150074435
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for managing the power consumption and performance of a processing device. Power consumption and utilization ratios for a processing device may be continuously measured. The measured power consumption and utilization ratios may be compared to target power consumption and utilization ratios to adjust an operating frequency of the processing device. In one implementation a power controller may take the target and measured power consumption as inputs to generate a power output and a utilization controller may take the target and measured utilization ratios as inputs to generate a utilization output. The lower of the power output and the utilization output may be selected and used to adjust the operating frequency of the processing device. The power and utilization controllers may implement a proportional-integral control scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Jane, Gokhan Avkarogullari, Eric Sunalp