Patent ID: 7484108

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a power management controller having: a transient module to transmit a transient running average power limit including a transient level and a first adjustable time window to a first device based on a voltage regulation characteristic of a power delivery system associated with the first device, wherein the first adjustable time window defines a first amount of time for maintaining a transient power consumption of the first device below the transient level and the second adjustable time window defines a second amount of time for maintaining an average power consumption of the first device below the average power level; and a thermal module to transmit a thermal running average power limit including an average power level and a second adjustable time window to the first device based on a thermal influence of the first device on a second device, wherein the transient level is to be greater than the average power level and the first amount of time is to be less than the second amount of time.