Patents by Inventor Travis C. Furrer

Travis C. Furrer 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).

  • Method, apparatus, and system for energy efficiency and energy conservation including balancing power among multi-frequency domains of a processor based on efficiency rating scheme
    Patent number: 9239611
    Abstract: The efficiency rating (ER) of each domain, in a processor, may be compared and then the power budget may be allocated, effectively, among the domains based on the ERs of the domains. The ER may indicate relative advantage among domains in terms of performance return for a given power budget, i.e., a higher effectiveness may be expected in power utilization if the ER is higher for a domain. The ER of a domain may be defined as (scalability factor/cost factor*alpha). The scalability factor may be defined as a performance increase (in %) brought about by an increase in the clock frequency (in %) provided to the domain. The cost factor may be defined as a power budget value required in bringing about an increase in the clock frequency provided to the domain and alpha is an adjustment factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Seongwoo Kim, Jeremy Shrall, Jay D. Schwartz, Stephen H. Gunther, Travis C. Furrer
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION INCLUDING BALANCING POWER AMONG MULTI-FREQUENCY DOMAINS OF A PROCESSOR BASED ON EFFICIENCY RATING SCHEME
    Publication number: 20120173895
    Abstract: The efficiency rating (ER) of each domain, in a processor, may be compared and then the power budget may be allocated, effectively, among the domains based on the ERs of the domains. The ER may indicate relative advantage among domains in terms of performance return for a given power budget, i.e., a higher effectiveness may be expected in power utilization if the ER is higher for a domain. The ER of a domain may be defined as (scalability factor/cost factor*alpha). The scalability factor may be defined as a performance increase (in %) brought about by an increase in the clock frequency (in %) provided to the domain. The cost factor may be defined as a power budget value required in bringing about an increase in the clock frequency provided to the domain and alpha is an adjustment factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Seongwoo Kim, Jeremy Shrall, Jay D. Schwartz, Stephen H. Gunther, Travis C. Furrer