Computing system with operational low power states
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1. A method, comprising:
- a) operating a computing system within a normal on state; and
b) transitioning from said normal on state to a main Central Processing Unit/Operating System (“
CPU/OS”
) based state in which one or more components of said computing system other than a main CPU of said computing system are inactivated so as to cause said computing system to consume less power in said main CPU/OS based state than in said normal on state, said one or more components including a graphics controller, said computing system able to execute one or more application software routines within said main CPU/OS based state, wherein said transitioning from said normal on state to said main CPU/OS based state further comprises stripping one or more components of said computing system of their ability to control their own power consumption.
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Abstract
A method is described that involves operating a computing system within a normal on state and transitioning from the normal on state to a main CPU/OS based state. In the main CPU/OS based state one or more components of the computing system are inactivated so as to cause the computing system to consume less power in the main CPU/OS based state than in the normal on state. The computing system is able to execute software application routines on a main CPU and a main OS of the computing system while in the main CPU/OS based state.
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1. A method, comprising:
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a) operating a computing system within a normal on state; and b) transitioning from said normal on state to a main Central Processing Unit/Operating System (“
CPU/OS”
) based state in which one or more components of said computing system other than a main CPU of said computing system are inactivated so as to cause said computing system to consume less power in said main CPU/OS based state than in said normal on state, said one or more components including a graphics controller, said computing system able to execute one or more application software routines within said main CPU/OS based state, wherein said transitioning from said normal on state to said main CPU/OS based state further comprises stripping one or more components of said computing system of their ability to control their own power consumption. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computing system, comprising:
a normal on operating state in which said computing system'"'"'s main CPU is allowed to alter its power consumption states as it executes one or more application software programs; and
,a main CPU/OS based low power operating state in which; 1) said computing system'"'"'s main CPU is forced to execute one or more application software programs within a lowest power consumption state at which application software programs can be executed; and
,2) one or more components of said computing system that are allowed to regulate their own power consumption during said normal on state are not allowed to regulate their own power consumption during said main CPU/OS based low power state. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a CPU, cause said CPU to perform a method, said method comprising:
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a) operating within a normal on state by supporting the execution of one or more application software programs while allowing each one of one or more components of a computing system that said CPU is a part of to control its own power consumption; and
,b) operating within a low power state by supporting the execution of at least one of said application software programs while not allowing each one of said one or more components to control its own power consumption and while each one of said one or more components are forced to operate within a low power consumption state. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. An apparatus, comprising:
circuitry that remains powered while a computing system'"'"'s main CPU and main OS are sleeping as said computing system operates within a non main CPU/OS based operating state, said circuitry further comprising; a) a first input to receive a first indication, said first indication part of a first state transition process of said computing system to said non main CPU/OS based operating state; b) a second input to receive a second indication, said second indication part of a second state transition process of said computing system from said non main CPU/OS based operating state; and
,c) wake up/sleep logic that is responsive to said first indication and said second indication, said wake up /sleep logic to; (i) establish a first power scheme in response to said first indication, said first power scheme to power said computing system while said computing system is within said non main CPU based operating state and (ii) establish a second power scheme in response to said second indication, where, said second power scheme allows said main CPU and said main OS to wake up. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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