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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2010
Applicants:

Gamal Refai-ahmed, Markham, CA;

Stanley Ossias, Toronto, CA;

Maxat Touzelbaev, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gamal Refai-Ahmed, Markham, CA;

Stanley Ossias, Toronto, CA;

Maxat Touzelbaev, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignees:

ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, CA;

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/206 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1285 (2013.01); H05K 7/20836 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1217 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1275 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various computing center control and cooling apparatus and methods are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of controlling plural processors of a computing system is provided. The method includes monitoring activity levels of the plural processors over a time interval to determine plural activity level scores. The plural activity level scores are compared with predetermined processor activity level scores corresponding to preselected processor operating modes to determine a recommended operating mode for each of the plural processors. Each of the plural processors is instructed to operate in one of the recommended operating modes.


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