Patent ID: 8649262
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a first processing element on a die; a second processing element on the die; a plurality of potential communication links on the die between the first and second processing elements, wherein at least some of the potential communication links are powered off, and wherein the communication links on the die are adapted to be selectively activated wherein the first processing element comprises a reduced instruction set computer processing element and the second processing element comprising a reduced instruction set computer processing element; and control logic on the die to monitor a buffer to determine when the buffer holds more than a pre-determined number of entries that are waiting to be transmitted in order to dynamically activate at least some of the potential communication links by transitioning the potential communication links from a powered off state to a powered on state by powering up the at least some of the potential communication links based on the determination that the buffer holds more than the pre-determined number of entries.