Patent ID: 7383520
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method for optimizing thermal management of an electronic system incorporating a plurality of components including a plurality of semiconductor chips, the method comprising: receiving full-chip temperature data for said plurality of semiconductor chips; and allocating one or more thermal management resources of a thermal management system among said plurality of components in said electronic system in accordance with said full-chip temperature data, wherein said allocating comprises determining a configuration of said one or more thermal management resources allocated among said plurality of components; and accounting for at least one thermal parameter of said electronic system, said at least one thermal parameter including at least one of: electrical constraints on said electric system, thermal constraints on said electronic system, conditions external to at least one of said plurality of semiconductor chips, usage conditions of said electronic system, a type of said thermal management system, materials comprising said thermal management system, a direction of air flow through said thermal management system, a direction of fluid flow through said thermal management system, an orientation of at least one of said some or more thermal management resources and materials comprising a package of at least one of said plurality of semiconductor chips.