US 12,216,518 B2
Power saving in a network device
Ashwin Alapati, San Jose, CA (US); Ajit Jain, Milpitas, CA (US); and Srinivas Gangam, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Marvell Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Marvell Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/113,497.
Prior Publication US 2024/0288923 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 1/3209 (2019.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 1/3209 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3203 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for power saving in a network device, the method comprising:
determining, at a first component implemented on an integrated circuit (IC) chip of the network device, that the first component is to provide packet data to a second component implemented on the IC chip of the network device for processing by the second component;
in connection with determining that the first component is to provide packet data to the second component of the network device, prompting, by the first component, the second component to activate a clock network of the second component;
in connection with prompting the second component to activate the clock network, sending the packet data from the first component to the second component to be processed by the second component;
determining, at the first component, when the second component has completed processing of the packet data; and
in response to determining that the second component has completed processing of the packet data, prompting, by the first component, the second component to deactivate the clock network.