| US 7,463,993 B2 | ||
| Adaptive thermal-based frequency-bounds control | ||
| Lev Finkelstein, Netanya (Israel); Efraim Rotem, Haifa (Israel); Oren Lamdan, Kiryat Tivon (Israel); and Aviad Cohen, Bat-Chen (Israel) | ||
| Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 10, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/125,769. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0254296 A1, Nov. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01K 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 23/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 702—132 [702/130; 700/299; 713/300; 62/259.2] | 26 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
determining that a temperature of a processor is below a threshold, the processor having an upper operating point and a lower
operating point; and
moving the upper operating point and the lower operating point toward one another in response to the determining;
confirming a stability of a thermal state of the processor
calculating an average between the upper operating point and the lower operating point;
selecting a greater value for the lower operating point based on the average;
selecting a lesser value for the upper operating point based on the average; and
applying the upper operating point to the processor.
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