Dynamic power control
View Patent ↗Systems and methods are provided that facilitate power management in a processing device. The system contains a power management component and a coupled to the processing device. The power management component determines and input rate and target voltages and/or frequency. The power management component can scale voltages and/or frequencies based on target voltages and/or frequencies. Accordingly, power consumption can be reduced and processing devices can be more efficient.
1. A device configured for dynamic power management, comprising:
an input component configured to receive input from at least one computer processor;
a voltage regulator component configured to scale a voltage according to the input; and
a frequency regulator component configured to determine a target frequency level as a multiple of a first frequency of the input and to alter a second frequency according to the target frequency level.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the input component is further configured to determine an occurrence of a triggering event.
3. The device of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the frequency regulator component or the voltage regulator component is further configured to automatically scale at least one of the frequency or the voltage based on the input component determining that the triggering event has occurred.
4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the triggering event comprises at least one of a change in an input rate of the input or a passage of an interval.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the input component is further configured to determine an input rate of the input.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the voltage regulator component is further configured to determine a target voltage level based on the input and alter the voltage according to the target voltage level.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the voltage regulator component or the frequency regulator component is further configured to at least one of scale the voltage transparent of a software application or scale the frequency transparent of the software application.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is a variable input rate device.
9. A method of managing power consumption, comprising:
monitoring, by a system comprising a processor, a received input;
scaling, by the system, a voltage based on the received input;
determining, by the system, a target frequency level as a multiple of a first frequency of the input; and
scaling, by the system, a second frequency to the target frequency level.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the monitoring the received input further comprises determining an input rate of the received input.
11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining a bandwidth parameter.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the scaling the voltage further comprises scaling the voltage based on the received input and the bandwidth parameter.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the scaling the second frequency further comprises scaling the frequency based on the received input and the bandwidth parameter.
14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
determining a target voltage based on the input; and
scaling the voltage to the target voltage.
15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising identifying an occurrence of a triggering event, wherein the scaling the voltage comprises scaling the voltage in response to the identifying.
16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising identifying an occurrence of a triggering event, wherein the scaling the second frequency comprises scaling the second frequency in response to the identifying.
17. A system for power management, comprising:
a first circuit for determining an input rate;
a second circuit for scaling a voltage as a function of the input rate; and
a third circuit for determining a target frequency level as a multiple of a first frequency of the input rate and scaling a second frequency to the target frequency level.
18. The system of claim 17 , further comprising
a fourth circuit for determining a target voltage.
19. The system of claim 17 , further comprising a fourth circuit for determining a triggering event.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the first circuit for determining the input rate determines the input rate, the second circuit for scaling the voltage scales the voltage, and means the third circuit for scaling the second frequency scales the second frequency in response to the fourth circuit for determining the triggering event determining that the triggering event has occurred.