Dynamically managing power consumption of a computer with graphics adapter configurations
US8514215B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2330/02
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Dynamically managing power consumption of a computer, the computer including two or more graphics adapters, the computer having a number of graphics adapter configurations including one or more of the graphics adapters, where managing power consumption includes: monitoring, by a graphics driver, operation of a current graphics adapter configuration, the operation characterized by a graphics processing load; determining, in dependence upon the graphics processing load, whether operation of the current graphics adapter configuration conforms to predefined graphics processing criteria; if operation conforms, processing graphics, by the graphics adapter, for display with the one or more graphics adapters of the current graphics adapter configuration; and if operation does not conform, processing graphics, by the graphics adapter, for display with the one or more graphics adapters of another graphics adapter configuration.
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