Patent ID: 9122464
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting that a temperature of a processor is greater than a first threshold, while the processor is performing processing of data in an active processor power state; based on detecting, changing a processor power state of the processor from the active processor power state to a zero processor power state by power gating the processor; after changing a processor power state of the processor from an active processor power state to the zero processor power state, then detecting that a temperature of the processor is less than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is less than the first threshold; and based on detecting that the temperature of the processor is less than the second threshold, changing the processor power state from the zero processor power state to an active processor power state to cause the processor to process data, wherein the first threshold is based on a thermal design of a device into which the processor is installed; and wherein the second threshold is based on causing a time period of the zero processor power state to have a proportional relationship with a time period of the active processor power state.