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SYSTEMS ON CHIP WITH WORKLOAD ESTIMATOR AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME

  • US 20100175066A1
  • Filed: 01/04/2010
  • Published: 07/08/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system on chip (SOC) comprising:

  • a processor circuit configured to receive instruction information from an external source and to execute an instruction according to the received instruction information; and

    a workload estimator circuit configured to monitor instruction codes executed in the processor circuit, to generate an estimate of a workload of the processor circuit based on the monitored instruction codes and to generate a power supply voltage control signal based on the estimate of the workload.

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