Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing power states in a computer system includes, responsive to an event received by a processor, powering up a first circuitry. Responsive to the event not being serviceable by the first circuitry, powering up at least a second circuitry of the computer system to service the event.

Abstract: The disclosed device includes multiple special purpose processors that are configured to perform, in parallel, a power on transition sequence for the device, which can involve restoring a data state of components of the device using data stored in local storages of the special purpose processors. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor, a sleep state duration prediction module, and a system management unit. The sleep state duration prediction module is configured to predict a sleep state duration for component of the processing device. The system management unit is to transition the component into a sleep state selected from a plurality of sleep states based on a comparison of the predicted sleep state duration to at least one duration threshold. Each sleep state of the plurality of sleep states is a lower power state than a previous sleep state of the plurality of sleep states.

Abstract: A method and system for operating in a single display mode operation and a dual pipe mode of operation is disclosed. The method and system includes operating in a dual pipe mode of operation in which each display pipe transmits data from a respective buffer to an associated display. The method and system further includes operating in a single display mode of operation in which one display pipe transmits data from a plurality of buffers to an associated display.

Abstract: A processing device and method for efficient transitioning to and from a reduced power state is provided. The processing device comprises a plurality of components having assigned registers used to store data to execute a program and a power management controller, in communication with the plurality of components. The power management controller receives an indication that the plurality of components are idle, executes a process to enter a component into a reduced power state in response to receiving an acknowledgement from the component of a request from the power management controller to remove power to the component, and executes a process to exit the component from the reduced power state in response to the component being active.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for transitioning, by a hardware-based controller, a system on a chip (SoC) into different power states. Techniques disclosed include tracking, by the controller, metrics associated with the SoC and transitioning, by the controller, the SoC from a first power state to a second power state based on the tracked metrics. Were the total amount of power that is used by at least a portion of the transition between the first power state to the second power state and a time spent in the second power state is less than the total amount of power that would have been used by remaining in the first power state.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a controller includes indicating, by a processor of a first device, to the controller of a second device to enter a second power state from a first power state. The controller of the second device responds to the processor of the first device with a confirmation. The processor of the first device transmits a signal to the controller of the second device to enter the second power state. Upon receiving a wake event, the controller of the second device exits the second device from the second power state to the first power state.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus employ a plurality of heterogeneous compute units and a plurality of non-compute units operatively coupled to the plurality of compute units. Power management logic (PML) determines a memory bandwidth level associated with a respective workload running on each of a plurality of heterogeneous compute units on an integrated circuit (IC), and adjusts a power level of at least one non-compute unit of a memory system on the IC from a first power level to a second power level, based on the determined memory bandwidth levels. Memory access latency is also taken into account in some examples to adjust a power level of non-compute units.

Abstract: The disclosed voltage regulator circuit includes a capacitor bank configured for a first voltage step corresponding to a voltage undershoot, and a shunt circuit configured for a second voltage step exceeding the first voltage step. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: Devices and methods for transitioning between power states of a device are provided. A program is executed using data stored in configuration registers assigned to a component of a device. For a first reduced power state, data of a first portion of the configuration registers is saved to the memory using a first set of linear address space. For a second reduced power state, data of a second portion of the configuration registers is saved to the memory using a second set of linear address space and data of a third portion of the configuration registers is saved to the memory using a third set of linear address space.

Abstract: The disclosed device for packet coalescing includes detecting a trigger condition for initiating packet coalescing of packet traffic and sending, to an endpoint device, a notification to start packet coalescing. The device can observe a status in response to starting the packet coalescing and report a performance of the packet coalescing. A system can include a controller that detects a trigger condition for packet coalescing and notifies an endpoint device via a notification register. The controller can read a status register to report, based on the read status, a packet coalescing performance. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for efficiently performing power management for multiple clients of a semiconductor chip that supports remote manageability. In various implementations, a network interface receives a packet, and sends at least an indication of the packet to a manageability processing circuitry (MPC) of a processing node with multiple clients for processing tasks. The MPC determines whether a client or itself is a destination needed to process the packet. If the destination is the MPC, then packet processing is done by the MPC without involvement from the clients, which can be in an idle state. For example, the MPC can process a remote manageability packet requesting diagnostic information from one or more clients of the processing node. The network interface and the MPC use a sideband communication channel for data transmission, which foregoes lane training for further reduction in latency and power consumption.

Abstract: A system and method for updating power supply voltages due to variations from aging are described. A functional unit includes a power supply monitor capable of measuring power supply variations in a region of the functional unit. An age counter measures an age of the functional unit. A control unit notifies the power supply monitor to measure an operating voltage reference. When the control unit receives a measured operating voltage reference, the control unit determines an updated age of the region different from the current age based on the measured operating voltage reference. The control unit updates the age counter with the corresponding age, which is younger than the previous age in some cases due to the region not experiencing predicted stress and aging. The control unit is capable of determining a voltage adjustment for the operating voltage reference based on an age indicated by the age counter.

Abstract: An integrated coprocessor such as an accelerated processing unit (APU) generates commands for execution on a discrete coprocessor such as a discrete graphics processing unit (dGPU). Power distribution circuitry selectively provides power to the APU and the dGPU based on characteristics of workloads executing on the APU and the dGPU and based on a platform power limit that is shared by the APU and the dGPU. In some cases, the power distribution circuitry determines a first power provided to the APU and a second power provided to the dGPU. The power distribution circuitry increases the second power provided to the dGPU in response to a sum of the first and second powers being less than the platform power limit. In some cases, the power distribution circuitry modifies the power provided to the APU, the dGPU, or both in response to changes in temperatures measured by a set of sensors.

Abstract: A processing unit of a processing system compiles a priority queue listing of a plurality of processor cores to run a workload based on a cost of running the workload on each of the processor cores. The cost is based on at least one of a system usage policy, characteristics of the workload, and one or more physical constraints of each processor core. The processing unit selects a processor core based on the cost to run the workload and communicates an identifier of the selected processor core to an operating system of the processing system.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for efficiently performing power management for a multi-client computing system. In various implementations, a computing system includes multiple clients that process tasks corresponding to applications. The clients store generated requests of a particular type while processing tasks. A client receives an indication specifying that another client is having requests of the particular type being serviced. In response to receiving this indication, the client inserts a first urgency level in one or more stored requests of the particular type prior to sending the requests for servicing. When the client determines a particular time interval has elapsed, the client sends an indication to other clients specifying that requests of the particular type are being serviced. The client also inserts a second urgency level different from the first urgency level in one or more stored requests of the particular type prior to sending the requests for servicing.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for managing the power consumed by cores of a system on chip (SoC). Techniques disclosed include obtaining application information that is indicative of an application being executed on the cores, detecting a workload associated with the application, and limiting one or more operating frequencies of the cores responsive to the detection of the workload. Techniques disclosed also include profiling the detected workload and limiting the one or more operating frequencies of the cores based on the profiling.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for managing performance states of a data fabric of a system on chip (SoC). Techniques disclosed include determining a performance state of the data fabric based on data fabric bandwidth utilizations of respective components of the SoC. A metric, characteristic of a workload centric to cores of the SoC, is derived from hardware counters, and, based on the metric, it is determined whether to alter the performance state.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for efficiently scheduling tasks in a dynamic manner to multiple cores that support a heterogeneous computing architecture. A computing system includes multiple cores with at least two cores being capable of executing instructions of a same instruction set architecture (ISA), and therefore, are architecturally compatible. In an implementation, each of the at least two cores is a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU) core capable of executing instructions of a same ISA. However, the throughput and the power consumption greatly differ between the at least two cores based on their hardware designs. An operating system scheduler assigns a thread to a first core, and the first core measures thread dynamic behavior of the thread over a time interval. Based on the thread dynamic behavior, the scheduler reassigns the thread to a second core different from the first core.

Abstract: A system and method for updating power supply voltages due to variations from aging are described. A functional unit includes a power supply monitor capable of measuring power supply variations in a region of the functional unit. An age counter measures an age of the functional unit. A control unit notifies the power supply monitor to measure an operating voltage reference. When the control unit receives a measured operating voltage reference, the control unit determines an updated age of the region different from the current age based on the measured operating voltage reference. The control unit updates the age counter with the corresponding age, which is younger than the previous age in some cases due to the region not experiencing predicted stress and aging. The control unit is capable of determining a voltage adjustment for the operating voltage reference based on an age indicated by the age counter.