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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008

Filed:

May. 03, 2005
Applicants:

Soraya Ghiasi, Austin, TX (US);

Thomas Walter Keller, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Ramakrishna Kotla, Austin, TX (US);

Freeman Leigh Rawson, Iii, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Soraya Ghiasi, Austin, TX (US);

Thomas Walter Keller, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Ramakrishna Kotla, Austin, TX (US);

Freeman Leigh Rawson, III, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A power management system schedules the voltage and frequency of processors in a data processing system based on two criteria. The first criterion is a prediction of the performance that the work currently running on the processor will experience at the different frequencies that are available. The second criterion is a system-wide constraint on the total power budget allocated to processors. Based on these criteria, low-level code sets the frequency and voltage of the processors in the system to match what the operating system is currently running on them.


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