An apparatus and method are provided that disassociates the power consumed by a processing device from the instructions that are executing, on a clock-by-clock basis. The apparatus includes a power predictor that predicts the power that will be consumed by the processing device during execution of particular...http://www.google.de/patents/US6625737?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6625737 - System for prediction and control of power consumption in digital system
