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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
William Paul Hovis, Sammamish, WA (US);
Garrett Douglas Blankenburg, Sammamish, WA (US);
Peter Anthony Atkinson, Sammamish, WA (US);
Robert James Ray, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Andres Felipe Hernandez Mojica, Seattle, WA (US);
Samy Boshra-Riad, Bellevue, WA (US);
Erng-Sing Wee, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian Keith Langendorf, Benicia, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Thermal reduction and voltage adjustment techniques for computing systems and processing devices are presented herein. In a first example, a method of operating a voltage control system for a processing device includes operating the processing device in a computing assembly at a selected performance level, the processing device supplied with at least one input voltage at a first voltage level. The method includes monitoring thermal information associated with the computing assembly, and when the thermal information indicates a temperature associated with the computing assembly exceeds a threshold temperature, adjusting the at least one input voltage level supplied to the processing device to a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level and continuing to operate the processing device at the selected performance level.