International Business Machines Corporation

Ko-Chen Tan

Henry T Chen

Yu Yu

Jung-Tai Chen

Yao-Huan Chung

Claire Tsai

Chia-Yen Wu

Chun Hung Yu

Disclosed is an apparatus for power interconnection, adapted for use between a main connector and a DC main. The power connector has a connector power terminal and the DC main has a DC main power terminal. The apparatus includes an apparatus power terminal for being electrically coupled to the DC main power terminal in response to the apparatus in connection with the DC main; a first conductor including a resistor and a conductive contact, the conductive contact being electrically coupled to the resistor; and a second conductor, the resistor being electrically coupled to the second conductor, wherein, in response to an action of the power connector in connection with the apparatus, the connector power terminal contacts the conductive contact and a first current flowing therethrough is limited by the resistor. A receptacle structure for power interconnection is also disclosed.

Power interconnection with current surge mitigation

A rack-style computer system is provided. The computer system includes a first server, a second server, and a power distribution unit (PDU). The PDU supplies power to the first server and the second server and monitors the power supplied to the first server and the second server and obtains a power sum value. The first server determines whether the power sum value exceeds a predetermined threshold, and if the determination is affirmative, the first server performs a power throttling.

Power consumption control in computer system

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Taipei, Taiwan

Ko-Chen Tan