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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 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
Voltage adjustment techniques for computing systems and processing devices are presented herein. In one example, a method of determining operating voltages for a processing device includes executing a voltage adjustment process to determine at least one input voltage for the processing device lower than a manufacturer specified operating voltage. During the voltage adjustment process, the method includes applying incrementally adjusted input voltages to the processing device, operating the processing device according to a functional test that exercises the processing device in context with associated system elements of a computing assembly, and monitoring for operational failures of at least the processing device during application of each of the incrementally adjusted input voltages. Responsive to the operational failures, the method includes determining corresponding values of the incrementally adjusted input voltages and establishing an input voltage based at least in part on the corresponding values of the incrementally adjusted input voltages.