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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:
Feb. 08, 2011

Filed:

May. 30, 2003
Applicants:

Jonah M. Alben, San Jose, CA (US);

Kevin Kranzusch, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jonah M. Alben, San Jose, CA (US);

Kevin Kranzusch, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention facilitates processor speed adjustments within acceptable temperature ranges. In one embodiment, a present invention system includes a temperature sensor that senses the temperature of the processor. When the temperature sensor senses the processor temperature approaching predetermined levels one or more adjustments are performed. For example, the adjustment can include automatically increasing or decreasing a voltage level in response to crossing a temperature threshold.


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