Patent ID: 8386806

Claim:
A device, comprising: a programmable power supply management logic to manage a plurality of voltage regulators present in a computer system, wherein the power supply management logic is integrated into an input/output complex in the computer system, the programmable power supply management logic including: one or more configuration registers to store a plurality of corresponding control bits for the plurality of voltage regulators; a plurality of programmable timers, each timer to provide a timing sequence for a corresponding one of the plurality of voltage regulators; a microcontroller coupled with the plurality of programmable timers and the one or more configuration registers to set the corresponding control bits of the voltage regulators over a time period in accordance with delays provided by the corresponding timing sequences of the voltage regulators; and an output arrangement coupled with the one or more configuration registers to output an enable signal for a corresponding one of the voltage regulators, in response to the corresponding one of the control bits being set, for powering on the computer system.