Patent ID: 7000132

Claim:
A method for processing electronic data, comprising: receiving one or more incoming control signals having at least a first combination of respective assertion and de-assertion states corresponding to a power management operation mode; generating, in response to said one or more incoming control signals, at least one clock control signal having respective assertion and de-assertion states related to said one or more incoming control signal assertion and de-assertion states with said respective assertion states following said first incoming control signal states combination; generating, in response to said at least one clock control signal, at least a first clock signal having active and inactive states corresponding to said at least one clock control signal de-assertion and assertion states, respectively; and selectively operating, in response to said first clock signal, on one or more instructions for data processing by generating one or more decoded instructions by performing, with a first portion of pipeline subcircuitry included in a plurality of subcircuits in response to said active first clock signal, at least one or more respective portions of one or more decoding operations upon each one of at least one or more respective portions of one or more incoming instructions, and executing, with a second portion of said pipeline subcircuitry in response to said active first clock signal, said one or more decoded instructions.