Package C1/C1E; Package C3 State; Package C6 State - Intel 2ND GENERATION CORE PROCESSOR FAMILY DESKTOP - DATASHEET VOLUME 1 01-2011 Datasheet

Power Management
4.2.5.2

Package C1/C1E

No additional power reduction actions are taken in the package C1 state. However, if
the C1E sub-state is enabled, the processor automatically transitions to the lowest
supported core clock frequency, followed by a reduction in voltage.
The package enters the C1 low power state when:
• At least one core is in the C1 state.
• The other cores are in a C1 or lower power state.
The package enters the C1E state when:
• All cores have directly requested C1E using MWAIT(C1) with a C1E sub-state hint.
• All cores are in a power state lower that C1/C1E but the package low power state is
limited to C1/C1E using the PMG_CST_CONFIG_CONTROL MSR.
• All cores have requested C1 using HLT or MWAIT(C1) and C1E auto-promotion is
enabled in IA32_MISC_ENABLES.
No notification to the system occurs upon entry to C1/C1E.
4.2.5.3

Package C3 State

A processor enters the package C3 low power state when:
• At least one core is in the C3 state.
• The other cores are in a C3 or lower power state, and the processor has been
granted permission by the platform.
• The platform has not granted a request to a package C6 state but has allowed a

package C6 state.

In package C3-state, the L3 shared cache is valid.
4.2.5.4 Package C6 State
A processor enters the package C6 low power state when:
• At least one core is in the C6 state.
• The other cores are in a C6 or lower power state, and the processor has been
granted permission by the platform.
In package C6 state, all cores have saved their architectural state and have had their
core voltages reduced to zero volts. The L3 shared cache is still powered and snoopable
in this state. The processor remains in package C6 state as long as any part of the L3
cache is active.
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