An electronic control unit (ECU) includes a processor, a Controller Area Network (CAN) controller, clock gating logic, and security gating logic. The CAN controller having a status and configured to receive data and control signals from the processor, and a clock signal, package the data to create a CAN protocol frame held in at least one transmit buffer, and shift the CAN protocol frame to a CAN transceiver that is configured to transmit the CAN protocol frame to a CAN bus. The security gating logic configured to, in response to the status of the CAN controller being active, inhibit disabling the clock signal.

An electronic control unit (ECU) includes a processor, a Controller Area Network (CAN) controller, clock gating logic, and security gating logic. The CAN controller having a status and configured to receive data and control signals from the processor, and a clock signal, package the data to create a CAN protocol frame held in at least one transmit buffer, and shift the CAN protocol frame to a CAN transceiver that is configured to transmit the CAN protocol frame to a CAN bus. The security gating logic configured to, in response to the status of the CAN controller being active, inhibit disabling the clock signal.

A circuit comprises a power controller, a real-time clock (RTC) sub-system, and a processing sub-system. The RTC sub-system includes an alarm register storing a predetermined time for a task, and provides an early warning countdown and a scheduled event signal. The processing sub-system includes a processor, a preemptive wakeup circuit, and a component coupled to the processor and configured to execute the task with the processor. The preemptive wakeup circuit comprises a selector logic circuit, a comparator, and a wakeup initiation circuit. The selector logic circuit receives latency values indicative of wakeup times for a clock generator and the component, and outputs a longest wakeup time to the comparator, which indicates when the early warning countdown and the longest wakeup time are equal. The wakeup initiation circuit generates a clock request and disables the sleep mode indicator. The power controller provides a clock signal and wakes the component.

A circuit comprises a power controller, a real-time clock (RTC) sub-system, and a processing sub-system. The RTC sub-system includes an alarm register storing a predetermined time for a task, and provides an early warning countdown and a scheduled event signal. The processing sub-system includes a processor, a preemptive wakeup circuit, and a component coupled to the processor and configured to execute the task with the processor. The preemptive wakeup circuit comprises a selector logic circuit, a comparator, and a wakeup initiation circuit. The selector logic circuit receives latency values indicative of wakeup times for a clock generator and the component, and outputs a longest wakeup time to the comparator, which indicates when the early warning countdown and the longest wakeup time are equal. The wakeup initiation circuit generates a clock request and disables the sleep mode indicator. The power controller provides a clock signal and wakes the component.

Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide techniques for reducing power consumption of a large combinational circuit using register insertion. In particular, a large circuit may be analyzed to determine the amount of signal switching at various logical points (e.g., stages in the computation) of the circuit. A clock sequence with many pulses in the period of a clock that runs the large combinatorial circuit may be generated. To balance the amount of signal switching at various logical points in the circuit, registers may be inserted at certain points in the large circuit with the clock pulses of the clock sequence assigned to the registers that may not have a constant frequency or may be phase shifted versions of the main clock.

Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide techniques for reducing power consumption of a large combinational circuit using register insertion. In particular, a large circuit may be analyzed to determine the amount of signal switching at various logical points (e.g., stages in the computation) of the circuit. A clock sequence with many pulses in the period of a clock that runs the large combinatorial circuit may be generated. To balance the amount of signal switching at various logical points in the circuit, registers may be inserted at certain points in the large circuit with the clock pulses of the clock sequence assigned to the registers that may not have a constant frequency or may be phase shifted versions of the main clock.

A clock circuit constructed in a processor integrated circuit includes a phase lock loop PLL, a clock tree, and a clock grid. The clock tree includes a plurality of clock buffers in a layered structure, The clock tree is configured to receive a first clock signal clk_1 that is output by the phase lock loop PLL, and to output a second clock signal clk_2. A plurality of child node circuits (400) are disposed on some nodes of the clock grid, and are configured to generate a third clock signal clk_3 based on the second clock signal clk_2. The clock grid (330) and the clock tree (320) are distributed on multiple dies in a three-dimensional structure of the processor integrated circuit.

A network device can place some or all of the packet processing pipeline into a low-power state for detected idle intervals of sufficient duration. The network device detects idleness greater than a critical duration and automatically engages a low-power mode involving clock throttling and/or clock gating. The power savings in the packet processing pipeline in the network device is based on the average long-term residency in idleness. The idle power is reduced for the packet processing pipeline in the network device by detecting average long-term idleness as a function of the minimum latency of the packet processing pipeline, which is used to reduce the clock rate of the packet processing pipeline, thereby resulting in power savings for the network device.

The present disclosure relates to a latch circuit and a latch method, and an electronic device, and relates to the technical field of integrated circuits. The latch circuit includes: a transmission module, a latch module, and a control module, wherein the transmission module is configured to transmit an input signal to the latch module; the latch module is configured to latch the input signal or output the input signal when a set signal or a reset signal is at a low level; and the control module is configured to perform control, such that a current leakage path cannot be formed between the transmission module and the latch module when the set signal or the reset signal is at a high level.

A hardware architecture for an artificial neural network ANN. The ANN includes a consecutive series made up of an input layer, multiple processing layers, and an output layer. Each layer maps a set of input variables onto a set of output variables, and output variables of the input layer and of each processing layer are input variables of the particular layer that follows in the series. The hardware architecture includes a plurality of processing units. The implementation of each layer is split among at least two of the processing units, and at least one resettable switch-off device is provided via which at least one processing unit is selectively deactivatable, independently of the input variables supplied to it, in such a way that at least one further processing unit remains activated in all layers whose implementation is contributed to by this processing unit.