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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:
Mar. 17, 2015

Filed:

May. 27, 2011
Applicants:

Eric Distefano, Livermore, CA (US);

Guy M. Therien, Beaverton, OR (US);

Vasudevan Srinivasan, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Tawfik Rahal-arabi, Tigard, OR (US);

Venkatesh Ramani, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ryan D. Wells, Folsom, CA (US);

Steven H. Gunther, Beaverton, OR (US);

Jeremy Shrall, Portland, OR (US);

James Hermerding, Ii, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eric Distefano, Livermore, CA (US);

Guy M. Therien, Beaverton, OR (US);

Vasudevan Srinivasan, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Tawfik Rahal-Arabi, Tigard, OR (US);

Venkatesh Ramani, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ryan D. Wells, Folsom, CA (US);

Steven H. Gunther, Beaverton, OR (US);

Jeremy Shrall, Portland, OR (US);

James Hermerding, II, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/206 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique to change a thermal design power (TDP) value. In one embodiment, one or more environmental or user-driven changes may cause a processor's TDP value to be changed. Furthermore, in some embodiments a change in TDP may alter a turbo mode target frequency.


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