Patent ID: 9400540
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method of event based dynamic power management, the method comprising: receiving, at a processor having a plurality of hardware block engines each configured to perform a function, an indication of an occurrence of an event external to the plurality of hardware block engines; in response to receiving the indication of the occurrence of the event external to the plurality of hardware block engines, determining whether or not the occurrence of the event indicates adjusting an amount of power used by one of the plurality of hardware block engines; and adjusting the amount of power used by the one hardware block engine without monitoring an activity of the one hardware block engine while an amount of power used by one or more other hardware block engines of the plurality of hardware block engines is maintained when it is determined that the received event indicates adjusting the amount of power used by the one hardware block engine.