| 摘要 |
A power management method and mechanism for dynamically determining which of a plurality of blocks of an electrical device may be powered on or off. A device includes one or more power manageable groups (260A-260N). A power management unit (202) associated is configured to detect instructions which are scheduled for execution, identify particular power group(s) which may be required for execution of the instruction, and convey an indication which prevents the particular power group(s) from entering a powered off state, in response to detecting said instruction. If the power management unit does not detect an incoming or pending instructions which requires a particular power group(s) for execution, the power management unit may convey an indication (570A-570N) which causes or permits the corresponding power group(s) to enter a powered off state. Pcwer groups may automatically decay to a powered off or reduced power state. Instructions may be encoded to identify required power groups. |
