DYNAMIC ROUTER POWER CONTROL IN MULTI-CORE PROCESSORS

摘要

Technologies are generally described for systems, devices and methods effective to dynamically select at least one power supply rail for a router. In some examples, a power control unit may be configured to determine a buffer occupancy level of one or more buffers of the router. In some further examples, the buffer occupancy level may be compared to a threshold value. In various other examples, the at least one power supply rail of the router may be switched from a first power rail to a second power rail based on the results of the comparison.

主权项

1. A method for dynamically selecting at least one power supply rail for a router, the method comprising, by a power control unit:
determining a buffer occupancy level of one or more buffers of the router; comparing the buffer occupancy level of each of the one or more buffers to a threshold value; and switching the at least one power supply rail of the router from a first power rail to a second power rail based on the comparison.