发明名称 |
Method and apparatus for masking and unmasking a clock signal in an integrated circuit |
摘要 |
A microprocessor having a cache memory unit, an execution unit, and clock masking circuitry is described. Both units are responsive to a clock signal that can be masked by the clock masking circuitry in order to reduce the power consumption of the microprocessor. Based on a signal that indicates a potential impending cache snoop, the clock masking circuitry can unmask the clock signal to the cache unit without unmasking the clock signal to the execution unit.
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申请公布号 |
US6016551(A) |
申请公布日期 |
2000.01.18 |
申请号 |
US19970994303 |
申请日期 |
1997.12.19 |
申请人 |
INTEL CORPORATION |
发明人 |
STOLER, GIL;NAKANISHI, TOSAKI |
分类号 |
G06F1/10;G06F1/32;G06F12/08;(IPC1-7):G06F1/10;G06F12/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F1/10 |
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