Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage based thermal control of processing device
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Application No.: US15178912Application Date: 2016-06-10
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Publication No.: US10310572B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: William Paul Hovis , Garrett Douglas Blankenburg , Peter Anthony Atkinson , Robert James Ray , Andres Felipe Hernandez Mojica , Samy Boshra-Riad , Erng-Sing Wee , Brian Keith Langendorf
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Main IPC: G06F1/324
- IPC: G06F1/324 ; G06F1/3296 ; G06F1/3206 ; G06F1/20 ; G01R31/30

Abstract:
Thermal reduction and voltage adjustment techniques for computing systems and processing devices are presented herein. In a first example, a method of operating a voltage control system for a processing device includes operating the processing device in a computing assembly at a selected performance level, the processing device supplied with at least one input voltage at a first voltage level. The method includes monitoring thermal information associated with the computing assembly, and when the thermal information indicates a temperature associated with the computing assembly exceeds a threshold temperature, adjusting the at least one input voltage level supplied to the processing device to a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level and continuing to operate the processing device at the selected performance level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170357298A1 VOLTAGE BASED THERMAL CONTROL OF PROCESSING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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