Patent ID: 9176550
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a device platform comprising a first device and a second device, the first device and the second device each arranged to operate in multiple power modes, the first device comprising a processor with multiple cores, the second device comprising one or more of a processor having a graphics core, an I/O device, a graphics controller, a memory, a wireless communication device, an I/O device controller, or display electronics; and a power knob comprising a user interface element arranged to provide multiple power mode selections for the first device and the second device, the multiple power mode selections to include at least one low power mode in which the first device and the second device operate at a lower power than in a high power mode and in which at least a first one of the multiple cores is to operate under a first operating mode and at least a second one of the multiple cores is to operate under a second operating mode while the low power mode is selected, the first operating mode different than the second operating mode.