Patent ID: 9032223
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor having one or more processor cores; a control unit operative by the processor to control performance levels for the processor, the control unit comprising: a sensor monitor operative to directly monitor performance values representing physical characteristics for at least one cooling component of a computing platform arranged as part of the apparatus but physically separate from a circuit comprising the processor, the at least one cooling component comprising at least one platform-level cooling component to perform heat dissipation comprising at least one of a heat pipe, heat link, heat transfer, heat spreader, vent, fan, blower, or liquid-based coolant; a calculation module communicatively coupled to the sensor module, the calculation module operative to estimate a thermal headroom for one or more components of the computing platform and to determine one or more transitory operational parameters based on the estimated thermal headroom; and a management module communicatively coupled to the sensor monitor and the calculation module, the management module operative to manage performance levels for the processor based on the performance values and the one or more operational parameters for the processor, the operational parameters including the one or more transitory operational parameters, the one or more transitory operational parameters to cause the processor to temporarily exceed operational parameters set by a thermal design power limit.