Intel Corporation

Tahoe Research, Ltd.

Eric DiStefano

Himanshu Pokharna

James G Hermerding, Ii

Tawfik M Rahal-Arabi

Efraim Rotem

Ravi S Prasher

Ketan R Shah

Rajiv K Mongia

Eliezer Weissmann

Doron Rajwan

Jeremy J Shrall

Guy M Therien

Nir Rosenzweig

Ishmael F Santos

Jim Hermerding

Stephen H Gunther

Ryan Donovan Wells

Vasudevan Srinivasan

Venkatesh Ramani

Gregory Martin Chrysler

Barnes Cooper

Krishna Seshan

Rakesh Bhatia

Je-Young Chang

Ajit V Sathe

Sridhar V Machiroutu

Joseph Douglass Walters

Kris Frutschy

Himanshu Pokhama

Krishnakanth Venkata Sistla

Chia-Pin Chiu

Chuan Hu

Ioan Sauciuc

James G Maveety

Yuval Yosef

Dorit Shapira

Shawn S Mceuen

Esfir Natanzon

Biswajit Sur

Jim Kardach

Eugene P Matter

Brian A Wilk

David A Williams

John Wallace

Ronny Korner

Steve P Frayne, Jr

Marlon Cardenas

Steven H Gunther

Je Young Chang

Hames Hermerding, Ii

Tawfik W Rahal-Arabi

James G Ii Hermerding

Michael Rocke

In one embodiment, a processor includes at least one core to execute instructions and a power controller coupled to the at least one core. The power controller may include a first logic to cause the at least one core to exit an idle state and enter into a maximum performance state for a first time duration, thereafter enter into an intermediate power state for a second time duration, and thereafter enter into a sustained performance state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Processor having accelerated user responsiveness in constrained environment

Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for configurable processor thermal management. An apparatus may comprise, for example, a processor arranged to operate in a plurality of thermal modes comprising a thermal limit down mode, a normal thermal limit mode and a thermal limit up mode, and thermal management logic operative to select a thermal mode based on one or more properties of the apparatus. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Method and apparatus for configurable thermal management

An apparatus and method for a user configurable reliability control loop. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a reliability meter to track accumulated stress on components of the processor based on measured processor operating conditions; and a controller to receive stress rate limit information and to responsively specify a set of N operating limits on the processor in accordance with the accumulated stress and the stress rate limit information; and performance selection logic to output one or more actual operating conditions for the processor based on the N operating limits specified by the controller.

Apparatus and method for a user configurable reliability control loop

A technique to change a thermal design power (TDP) value. In one embodiment, one or more environmental or user-driven changes may cause a processor's TDP value to be changed. Furthermore, in some embodiments a change in TDP may alter a turbo mode target frequency.

Method and apparatus to configure thermal design power in a microprocessor

An apparatus may comprise a power management system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Thermally downward scalable system

An apparatus, method and system is described herein for providing multiple maximum current configuration options including corresponding turbo frequencies for a processing device. Available options for a processor are determined by initialization code. And based on platform electrical capabilities, an optimal one of the multiple current configuration options is selected. Moreover, during runtime another current configuration is dynamically selected based on current configuration considerations to provide high flexibility and best possible performance per part and computing platform.

Method, apparatus, and system for energy efficiency and energy conservation including configurable maximum processor current

Techniques to manage operational parameters for a processor are described. For instance, a method includes monitoring performance values representing physical characteristics for multiple components of a computing platform, and managing a performance level for a processor based on the performance values and one or more operational parameters for the processor. The operational parameters may include one or more transitory operational parameters that cause the processor to temporarily exceed operational parameters set by a thermal design power limit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Techniques to manage operational parameters for a processor

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