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POWER MANAGERS FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

  • US 20080276105A1
  • Filed: 07/21/2008
  • Published: 11/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A software product for building an integrated circuit including a plurality of power islands, the software product comprising:

  • computer readable instructions stored on an at least one storage medium, the computer readable instructions configured for selecting blocks of predetermined circuits to form;

    power control circuitry configured to control power for one of the power islands, anda power manager configured to determine a target power level for the one of the power islands based on needs and operation of the integrated circuit, and determine at least one of actions including selecting a frequency for one of the power islands, selecting a voltage for one of the power islands, and selecting a transistor threshold voltage for one of the power islands, the at least one of the actions to change a power consumption level of the one of the power islands to the target power level, and the power manager configured to perform the at least one of the actions to change the power consumption level of the one of the power islands to the target power level.

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