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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2002
Simon Chu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
James Edward Hughes, Apex, NC (US);
James Franklin Macon, Jr., Apex, NC (US);
William Joseph Piazza, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Michael Scott Rollins, Durham, NC (US);
Sharon Lynn Sanders-fore, Apex, NC (US);
Hoyt Conis Simmons, Apex, NC (US);
Simon Chu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
James Edward Hughes, Apex, NC (US);
James Franklin Macon, Jr., Apex, NC (US);
William Joseph Piazza, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Michael Scott Rollins, Durham, NC (US);
Sharon Lynn Sanders-Fore, Apex, NC (US);
Hoyt Conis Simmons, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for co-operative thermal management of a number of independent electronic devices housed within a common enclosure that includes designating a priority number and measuring a temperature for each of the independent electronic devices. Next, for each of the independent electronic devices, the measured temperature is evaluated to determine if it exceeds a threshold value for the independent electronic device. If the measured temperature exceeds a threshold value, a count-down value is initialize to the designated priority number of the independent electronic device. Following which, the count-down value is evaluated to determine if it is equal to zero. If the count-down value is equal to zero, the independent electronic device is powered down. However, if the count-down value is not equal to zero, a specified time interval is allowed to expire before the count-down value is decremented and re-evaluated to determine if it is equal to zero.