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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2005
Applicants:
Stefan Rusu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Simon M. Tam, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stefan Rusu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Simon M. Tam, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for managing the temperature of an integrated circuit having a multiple core microprocessor is described. Specifically, thermal sensors are placed at potential hot spots throughout each microprocessor core. A thermal management unit monitors the thermal sensors. If a thermal sensor identifies a hot spot, the thermal management unit adjusts the operating frequency and voltage of that microprocessor core accordingly.