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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dorit Shapira, Atlit, IL;
Krishnakanth V. Sistla, Beaverton, OR (US);
Efraim Rotem, Haifa, IL;
Eric Distefano, Livermore, CA (US);
James G. Hermerding, II, Vancouver, WA (US);
Esfir Natanzon, Haifa, IL;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
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.