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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 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, computers, and products for managing power consumption of a computer, the computer including a computer processor and managing power consumption of a computer includes: dynamically during operation of the computer, setting, by an in-band power manager in dependence upon performance metrics of the computer processor, a current performance state ('p-state') of the computer processor; and providing, by the in-band power manager to an out-of-band power manager, the current p-state of the computer processor.