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Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2017
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rajat Mittal, San Francisco, CA (US);

Madan Krishnappa, San Diego, CA (US);

Rajit Chandra, Cupertino, CA (US);

Mohammad Tamjidi, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/329 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 9/4856 (2013.01); G06F 9/5088 (2013.01); G06F 9/5094 (2013.01); Y02D 10/126 (2018.01); Y02D 10/16 (2018.01); Y02D 10/171 (2018.01); Y02D 10/172 (2018.01); Y02D 10/22 (2018.01); Y02D 10/24 (2018.01); Y02D 10/32 (2018.01);
Abstract

A thermal controller for managing thermal energy of a multi-core processor is provided. The cores include a first core processing a load and remaining cores. The thermal controller is configured to determine that a temperature of the first core is greater than a first threshold, determine a temperature of a second core of the remaining cores in response to determining that the temperature of the first core is greater than the first threshold, and determine whether the temperature of the second core is greater than or less than a second threshold. The thermal controller is configured to transfer at least a portion of the load of the first core to the second core in response to determining that the temperature of the first core is greater than the first threshold and based on whether the temperature of the second core is greater than or less than the second threshold.


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