Patent ID: 7319578
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for determining power events on an I/C chip for undissipated power to the chip having different components performing different functions at different locations on said chip, comprising said chip including a plurality of separately supplied and regulatable power consumers connected to different locations, wherein each power supplied constitutes a power event; a structure for monitoring the occurrence and amount of power for each power event; a structure for determining the dissipation of power from each power event operatively connected to each said monitoring structure; and a structure to control power at a given power level above zero used by said chip for each power event at said apparatus responsive to the amount of undissipated power; wherein the structure to control power at a given power level above zero used by the chip includes a structure to control power used at a plurality of operating levels individually at each monitoring structure.