Coordinating protocol for a multi-processor system

• US 20050132080A1
• Filed: 10/08/2004
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: III Holdings 3, LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: MILLENNIAL NET, INC. (PHC Holding GmbH)
• Inventors: Liu, Sheng, Rhee, Sokwoo
• Application Number:
  US10/961,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20050132080A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/329 by task scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5044 considering hardware capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5094 where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A multi-processor computing system included a plurality of processing units is provided in which each of the plurality of processing units operates at clock frequency and a coordinating protocol is used to assign tasks and operations to any of the plurality of processing units in a manner such that the power efficiency of the system is optimized.

Claims

1. A networked computing system with improved power consumption comprising:

a plurality of processing units including at least first and second processing units, said first processing unit including a coordinating protocol,

wherein the first processing unit utilizes the coordinating protocol to control the operation of the system such that the power consumption of the system is minimized.

2-33. -33. (Canceled).