Method and apparatus to configure thermal design power in a microprocessor

A technique to change a thermal design power (TDP) value. In one embodiment, one or more environmental or user-driven changes may cause a processor's TDP value to be changed. Furthermore, in some embodiments a change in TDP may alter a turbo mode target frequency.

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Main Authors RYAN D WELLS, TAWFIK RAHAL-ARABI, VENKATESH RAMANI, ERIC DISTEFANO, GUY M THERIEN, VASUDEVAN SRINIVASAN, JEREMY J SHRALL, JAMES G HERMERDING II, STEVEN H GUNTHER
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.09.2015
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A technique to change a thermal design power (TDP) value. In one embodiment, one or more environmental or user-driven changes may cause a processor's TDP value to be changed. Furthermore, in some embodiments a change in TDP may alter a turbo mode target frequency.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB20130009430