SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SCALABLE COMPUTING BETWEEN PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE AND PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE DOCKING STATION Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G06F9/06 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: disclosed is a method of managing processor cores in a portable computing device (PCD), having at least three processor cores, the method comprising steps of: determining whether the PCD is docked to a PCD docking station when the PCD is powered on; energising a first processor core when the PCD is not docked to the PCD docking station; and energising the first processor core, the second processor core and third processor core when the PCD is docked to the PCD docking station.

EFFECT: providing access to power and preserving functional capabilities with smaller dimensions of the PCD.

20 cl, 32 dwg