Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control – Power conservation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-20
2005-09-20
Browne, Lynne H. (Department: 2116)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
Power conservation
C713S300000, C713S322000, C713S323000, C713S324000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06948082
ABSTRACT:
In a computer system, a device for measuring power dissipation (e.g., using on-die thermal sensors) is linked to both a hardware-based thermal management solution and with a means for causing a notification event to software, so that, initially, the operating system software and/or the application software modifies its behavior in response to the notification event to reduce overall system power dissipation and the hardware-based thermal management solution is only triggered if the software solution is not effective; with both operating system and application software resuming higher-performance algorithms when power dissipation is no longer critical.
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Gschwind Michael Karl
Salapura Valentina
Browne Lynne H.
Harrington & Smith ,LLP
International Business Machines - Corporation
Karra Satheesh K.
Trujillo James K.
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