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System for reduced power consumption by monitoring instruction buffer and method thereof

  • US 7,114,086 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2002
  • Issued: 09/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying a rate of change of a number of pending instructions stored in an instruction buffer; and

    adjusting a system characteristic based on the rate of change of the number of pending instructions, wherein a power consumption of a system is modified based on the system characteristic.

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