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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2005
Applicants:
Bradley Dean Winick, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Shaun Lee Harris, McKinney, TX (US);
Russ W. Herrell, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Bradley Dean Winick, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Shaun Lee Harris, McKinney, TX (US);
Russ W. Herrell, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power throttling method and system for a memory controller in a computer system. One embodiment includes, responsive to a determination that a change in the state of a cover switch has occurred that will result in an increase in an operating temperature of at least one memory device during normal operation, driving a throttle control signal to the memory controller to a level indicative of an over-threshold state.