Patents by Inventor Helmut W. Prengel

Helmut W. Prengel 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).

  • OPTIMIZATION OF APPLICATION POWER CONSUMPTION AND PERFORMANCE IN AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM ON A CHIP
    Publication number: 20100162256
    Abstract: A method for determining an operating point of a shared resource. The method includes receiving indications of access demand to a shared resource from each of a plurality of functional units and determining a maximum access demand from among the plurality of functional units based on their respective indications. The method further includes determining a required operating point of the shared resource based on the maximum access demand, wherein the shared resource is shared by each of the plurality of functional units, comparing the required operating point to a present operating point of the shared resource, and changing to the required operating point from the present operating point if the required and present operating points are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Alexander Branover, Helmut W. Prengel, Anthony Asaro, Sebastian Nussbaum, Maurice B. Steinman