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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Steven Severson, Rochester, MN (US);
Steven Brian Zamzow, Eyota, MN (US);
Jan Douglas Smid, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Jeffrey La Rocca, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 ;
Abstract
A voltage regulation system, method of operation and multiple processor apparatus employing the system or method. The voltage regulation system includes a plurality of voltage regulation modules (VRMs) coupled to a plurality of processors, each one of the VRMs is dedicated to only one of the plurality of processors wherein a processor is powered down in response to a failure of its respective dedicated VRM.