Patent ID: 7100041
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system having at least one processor whose operating characteristics are dependent upon values of variable operating parameters of the computer system, the computer system being configurable for use in any one of a set of predetermined thermal environments and comprising: a parameter value storage memory storing a plurality of sets of operating parameter values, each set of operating parameter values corresponding to a respective one of the set of thermal environments; a configuring system for storing configuring data representative of a selection of thermal environment within which the computer system is to be configured to be operable; a selecting system operable to select from the parameter value storage memory a selected set of operating parameter values according to the configuring data; and a setting system for setting one or more of the operating parameters of the computer system, wherein the setting system is responsive to the selecting system to set the operating parameters at the operating parameter values of the selected set corresponding to the selection of thermal environment represented by the configuring data.