Thermostat controls dsp's temperature by effectuating the dsp switching between tasks of different compute-intensity
US5870614A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L7/033
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data processor chip has a sensor that senses the temperature of the substrate. When the sensor senses that the temperature has increased beyond a predetermined level, the sensor supplies a signal to the processor. Upon receipt of the signal, the processor's execution switches from the current task to a task that is less compute intensive than the current one.
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