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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jeanne P. S. Bickford, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Eric A. Foreman, Fairfax, VA (US);
David J. Hathaway, Underhill, VT (US);
Mark W. Kuemerle, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Susan K. Lichtensteiger, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments include approaches for controlling a supply voltage or a clock frequency to an integrated circuit (IC). Various additional embodiments include circuitry for controlling a supply voltage or a clock frequency of an IC. In some cases, a method includes: locating a set of temperature sensors on bin locations in an IC; determining temperature bounds of the bin locations in the IC as a function of a determined temperature at the set of temperature sensors; determining timing constraints as a function of supply voltages at the bin locations and the determined temperature at the set of temperature sensors; and determining operational voltage bounds for the IC as a function of the determined temperature at the set of temperature sensors.