Intel Corporation

Greg Dermer

Tanay Karnik

Gerhard Schrom

Shekhar Yeshwant Borkar

Peter Hazucha

Howard A Wilson

David J Nedwek

Steve Nugent

A system is disclosed. The system includes a load, a voltage regulator circuit coupled to the load a power supply, a load coupled to the power supply to receive one or more voltages from the power supply, and a digital bus, coupled between the power supply and the load. The digital bus transmits power consumption measurements from the load to the power supply and transmits power consumption measurements from the power supply to the load.

Power delivery system in which VRM and CPU exchange power consumption measurements

Power delivery system in which power supply and load exchange power consumption measurements via digital bus

A method for configuring a plurality of configurable components within a computer system. The method includes the step of asserting a RESET signal for all of the configurable components. The RESET signal is asserted by a diagnostic processor within the system. The components each respond with an ERROR # signal which provides an indication to the diagnostic processor that the component is in an inactive state. After a predetermined number of clock signals the diagnostic processor configures a first component, then a second component and so forth and so on, until all of the components are configured. After all of the components are configured, the diagnostic processor deasserts the RESET signal for the first component, then deasserts the RESET signal for the second component and so forth and so on, until all of the RESET signals have been deasserted. Each component deasserts the ERROR # signal upon the deassertion of the RESET signal. The diagnostic processor allows normal operation to occur upon the deassertion of all the ERROR # signals.

Method for initializing an array of configurable components

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Greg Dermer