Patent ID: 8296121

Claim:
Apparatus for controlling power in an emulation system coupled to a host computer system, comprising: a first interface configured to receive requirement information for a logic module to be emulated from the host computer system, the requirement information including at least one of a power requirement or a thermal requirement based on an amount of resources in the emulation system required to emulate a logic model; a second interface configured to receive measurement data from sensors in the emulation system; and a controller configured to control a synchronization system, a power regulation system, and a thermal system in the emulation system in response to the requirement information and the measurement data to reduce power load of the emulation system, the controller configured to receive a pre-emptive runtime notification and to adaptively adjust one or more power settings based upon, at least in part, a job notification module; wherein the measurement data includes temperature data from temperature sensors in the emulation system and current data from current sensors embedded in the emulation system.