Patent · US Expired

Adaptive power control

US7596708B1 · kind B1 · utility

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183References

62Claims

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Inventors

Sameer Halepete · San Jose, US
H. Peter Anvin · San Jose, US
Zongjian Chen · Palo Alto, US
Godfrey P. D'Souza · San Jose, US
Marc Fleischmann · Menlo Park, US
Keith Klayman · Sunnyvale, US
Thomas Lawrence · Mountain View, US
Andrew Read · Volbringen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 2006
Grant date	Sep 29, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 25, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D10/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling the power used by a computer including the steps of measuring the operating characteristics of a central processor of the computer, determining when the operating characteristics of the central processor are significantly different than required by the operations being conducted, and changing the operating characteristics of the central processor to a level commensurate with the operations being conducted.

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