Patent ID: 8374730
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A data processing system, comprising: a first sensor positioned at a first location to determine an ambient temperature of an environment in which a component of the data processing system is, wherein the component has an actual temperature at a second location, wherein the first location is away from the second location; and a controller coupled to the sensor to predict a future temperature of the component in a subsequent time based, at least in part, on the ambient temperature and the actual temperature of the component at a current time, the controller to account for a heat loss for the component in the subsequent time and on an operating state of the data processing system including at least one of a voltage setting and a frequency setting, the controller configured to control operations of the data processing system that includes adjusting the operating state of the data processing system including adjusting at least one of the voltage setting and the frequency setting of the data processing system based, at least in part, on the future temperature.