Thermal measuring and testing – Temperature measurement – Combined with diverse art device
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-21
2005-06-21
Verbitsky, Gail (Department: 2859)
Thermal measuring and testing
Temperature measurement
Combined with diverse art device
C374S166000, C374S170000, C713S322000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06908227
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for managing the temperature of an integrated circuit having a multiple core microprocessor is described. Specifically, thermal sensors are placed at potential hot spots throughout each microprocessor core. A thermal management unit monitors the thermal sensors. If a thermal sensor identifies a hot spot, the thermal management unit adjusts the operating frequency and voltage of that microprocessor core accordingly.
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Rusu Stefan
Tam Simon M.
Pruchnic Jr. Stanley J.
Verbitsky Gail
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