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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2001
Applicants:
LA Vaughn F. Watts, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Kofi Nkisah Dadzie, Austin, TX (US);
Yi Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
La Vaughn F. Watts, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Kofi Nkisah Dadzie, Austin, TX (US);
Yi Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F001/20 ; G06F001/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer comprises a central processing unit, at least one fan disposed for providing cooling to the at least one central processing unit, and a thermal manager. The thermal manager monitors a temperature of the central processing unit and dynamically controls a throttling of the central processing unit and the at least one fan according to a thermal management algorithm.