HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENABLED IMPLEMENTATION OF POWER PROFILE MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTIONS IN SYSTEM ON CHIP

摘要

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method and system for hybrid and/or distributed implementation of generation and/or execution of power profile management instructions. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a hardware element of a SoC/NoC that can be configured to generate and/or execute power profile management instructions using a hybrid combination of software and hardware, wherein the hardware element can be run in parallel with other hardware elements of the SoC/NoC to generate and execute power profile management instructions for different segments or regions of the SoC/NoC for efficient and safe working thereof.

主权项

1. A hardware element of one or more of a System on Chip (SoC) and Network on Chip (NoC), the hardware element implemented at a second level of the one or more of a NoC and a SoC, the hardware element configured to:
process instructions from a power manager to conduct a power state switching sequence for one or more first set of hardware elements to be configured in accordance with a power profile that are connected to the hardware element, wherein the power profile comprises a power state for each of the one or more first set of hardware elements, the power state indicative of the each of the one or more first set of hardware elements to be on or off, wherein the power state switching sequence comprises a sequence to power on or power off the one or more of the one or more other hardware elements.