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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2024
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Darren Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sabareeshkumar Ravikumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Example embodiments relate to methods of increasing a temperature of a computer module to start the computer at environmental temperatures below a threshold temperature. An example embodiment includes receiving, at one or more computing components thermally coupled to a main computer via a liquid-cooled plate, a set of program instructions. The method can also include running the set of program instructions on at least one computing component. Running the set of program instructions on the computing component can generate heat that flows to the main computer via the liquid-cooled plate. The method can additionally include detecting, from at least one thermal sensor coupled to the liquid-cooled plate, a temperature reading indicative of a temperature of the main computer. The method can further include determining that the temperature reading has reached a predetermined temperature threshold and based on the temperature reading reaching the predetermined temperature threshold, powering on the main computer.