ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,577, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"PMU-side electromigration control" was invented by Inder M. Sodhi (Palo Alto, Calif.), Achmed R. Zahir (Menlo Park, Calif.), Carmel Yamberger (Kfar-Saba, Israel), Daniele Perretta (Redwood City, Calif.), Jan Krellner (Rancho Mission Viejo, Calif.), Ron Neuman (Ramat Hasharon, Israel), James S. Ismail (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Keith Cox (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed relating to electromigration control implemented by a power management unit. In some embodiments, the power management unit itself is configured to monitor ope...