Patent ID: 11921554
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for dynamic thermal management, comprising:
a thermal management unit configured to determine whether there is a need to perform thermal management on a processor, based on temperatures measured from a plurality of temperature sensors included in the processor, and to generate an indication signal based on the determination; and
a controller configured to perform the thermal management on the processor in response to the indication signal, wherein the controller is configured to execute a first method of adjusting a state of each of a plurality of cores included in the processor, a second method of adjusting a level of an operating voltage and a frequency of a clock signal, which are provided to the processor, or a third method of adjusting only the frequency of the clock signal to be provided to the processor, wherein the controller performs the thermal management using at least one of the first, second, or third methods, and
wherein each of the plurality of cores is in a wake-up state or an idle state, and
wherein the thermal management methods used by the controller are based on a priority setting of the controller, the priority setting including a preferentially maximize performance setting and a preferentially maximize cooling setting.