Patent ID: 8826049
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling memory in a computer system, comprising: generating airflow through an enclosure at a variable airflow rate to cool a plurality of memory banks at different locations within the enclosure; controlling the airflow rate as a function of the temperature of one or more of the memory banks; selectively allocating memory workload to the memory banks according to expected differences in airflow at each of the different locations; and providing an electronic table to the operating system, the electronic table providing a prioritization by which to allocate the memory workload to the memory banks according to the locations of the memory banks within the enclosure; wherein the prioritization provided by the electronic table specifies a range of higher to lower prioritization levels, by which a memory bank at a higher prioritization level is designated to receive a greater volume or intensity of workload than a memory bank at a lower prioritization level.