Computer system power consumption control method and system

• Main Author: QU ZHONGYING
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 12.10.2016
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWNENERGY USE; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PHYSICS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

The invention relates to a computer system power consumption control method and system; under the computer system CPU core and non-core frequency adjusting function mutually independent condition, the method can set the non-core frequency adjusting scope, thus providing the power consumption management strategy allowing the non-core to operate within the set frequency scope, wherein the non-core frequency adjusting scope is set by the computer system BIOS program; the non-core frequency can be adjusted in the adjusting scope, thus conveniently and fast changing the power consumption management strategy without being limited by the search and developing phase, and solving existing technical problems. 本发明的计算机系统的功耗控制方法及系统，在计算机系统CPU的核心部分及非核心部分的频率调节功能相互独立的情况下，设置所述非核心部分的频率的可调节范围，以提供所述非核心部分的频率运行于所述范围内的功耗管理策略；其中，所述非核心部分的频率的所述可调节范围是通过所述计算机系统的BIOS程序设定的；通过在所述可调节范围中调节该非核心部分的频率，能方便快捷地实现所述功耗管理策略的变更，且并不受限于研发阶段，解决现有技术的问题。