Reconfigurable Graphics Processor for Performance Improvement
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1. A method comprising:
- power gating a portion less than the entirety of a graphics processor.
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Abstract
Power gating a portion of a graphics processor may be used to improve performance or to achieve a power budget. A processor granularity, such as a slice or subslice, may be gated.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
power gating a portion less than the entirety of a graphics processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for execution by a computer to:
power gate only one of at least two portions of a graphics processor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A graphics processor comprising:
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first and second independently gateable portions of the graphics processor; and logic to power gate a first portion and not the second portion of the graphics processor. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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