Patents by Inventor Noah B. Beck

Noah B. Beck 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).

  • Mechanism for reducing interrupt latency and power consumption using heterogeneous cores
    Patent number: 9009508
    Abstract: A technique for operating a processor includes detecting an interrupt having a first core of the processor as a destination core. The technique includes handling the interrupt by a second core of the processor in response to the first core being in a low-power state. The first core may be capable of executing a greater number of instructions-per-cycle than the second core and the second core may consume less power than the first core. The first core may be coupled to a first voltage plane and the second core may be coupled to a second voltage plane having lower power than the first voltage plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Noah B. Beck
  • MECHANISM FOR REDUCING INTERRUPT LATENCY AND POWER CONSUMPTION USING HETEROGENEOUS CORES
    Publication number: 20140068289
    Abstract: A technique for operating a processor includes detecting an interrupt having a first core of the processor as a destination core. The technique includes handling the interrupt by a second core of the processor in response to the first core being in a low-power state. The first core may be capable of executing a greater number of instructions-per-cycle than the second core and the second core may consume less power than the first core. The first core may be coupled to a first voltage plane and the second core may be coupled to a second voltage plane having lower power than the first voltage plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Noah B. Beck