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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2008
Thomas M. Brey, Cary, NC (US);
Wesley M. Felter, Austin, TX (US);
Sumeet Kochar, Apex, NC (US);
Charles R. Lefurgy, Austin, TX (US);
Ryuji Orita, Redmond, WA (US);
Freeman L. Rawson, Iii, Austin, TX (US);
Malcolm S. Ware, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas M. Brey, Cary, NC (US);
Wesley M. Felter, Austin, TX (US);
Sumeet Kochar, Apex, NC (US);
Charles R. Lefurgy, Austin, TX (US);
Ryuji Orita, Redmond, WA (US);
Freeman L. Rawson, III, Austin, TX (US);
Malcolm S. Ware, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and products for managing power consumption of a computer and computers for which power consumption is managed. The computer includes the computer including a computer processor and embodiments of the present invention include providing, by an in-band power manger to an out-of-band power manager, a proposed performance state ('p-state') for the computer processor; determining, by the out-of-band power manager, in dependence upon a power setpoint and currently-measured operating metrics of the computer processor, whether to approve the proposed p-state; and if the out-of-band power manager approves the proposed p-state, setting operating parameters of the computer processor according to the approved p-state.