Patent ID: 9274580
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a voltage regulator having a supply capability threshold; a processor including logic coupled to the voltage regulator to supply power substantially exclusively to a non-core region of the processor, wherein the non-core region is not to perform computational operations and is not to supply power to a core region of the processor; and circuitry to, monitor a current provided from the voltage regulator to the logic of the processor, and selectively assert a throttle signal to the logic of the processor if the current exceeds the supply capability threshold of the voltage regulator, wherein the logic is to reduce a workload of the logic in response to the throttle signal to reduce the current demand placed on the voltage regulator by the non-core region of the processor, wherein the logic has an associated over current protection threshold and the supply capability threshold is less than the over current protection threshold.