Patent ID: 9702767
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G01K

Claim:
1. A system comprising: an interface receiving an output of an on-chip Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS), wherein said output is processor core thermal data for a first processor and processor core thermal data for a second processor; a third processor connected to said interface and executing computer readable code to: determine a relationship between said processor core thermal data for said first processor and a measured temperature associated with said first processor, during a calibration process; obtain said processor core thermal data for said first processor during actual operation of said first processor; determine an actual significant temperature associated with said first processor during said actual operation using said processor core thermal data for said first processor during actual operation of said first processor and said relationship; determine a relationship between said processor core thermal data for said second processor and a measured temperature associated with said second processor, during said calibration process, said first and second processors being collocated; obtain said processor core thermal data for said second processor during actual operation of said second processor; and determine an actual significant temperature associated with said second processor during said actual operation of said first and second processors using said processor core thermal data for said second processor during actual operation of said second processor and said relationship between said processor core thermal data for said second processor and said measured temperature associated with said second processor.