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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Shige Wang, Northville, MI (US);
Mark A. Zerbini, Canton, MI (US);
Unmesh Dutta Bordoloi, Troy, MI (US);
Soheil Samii, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Massimo Osella, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 11/3024 (2013.01); G06F 11/3058 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for controlling a temperature of a processor of a controller. In one embodiment, a method includes: identifying a status of at least one task of a plurality of software tasks performed on a first processor to be a hot task based on the software task's contribution to a temperature of the first processor; and selectively controlling the temperature of the first processor based on the identified status.