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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
May. 04, 1992
William R Bistline, Austin, TX (US);
William C Johnson, Austin, TX (US);
James M Peterson, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of cooling a computer having a plurality of components and at least one variable rate cooling unit including the steps of obtaining a cooling requirement for at least one of the components and varying the rate of at least one of the cooling units based on the obtained cooling requirements. In addition an apparatus for cooling a computer having a plurality of components, the apparatus including at least one variable rate cooling unit, an apparatus for obtaining a cooling requirement for at least one of the components, and an apparatus for varying the rate of at least one of the cooling units based on the obtained cooling requirements.