Computation of system energy

摘要

A system comprises an energy source that provides a system current for the system. The system also comprises logic coupled to the energy source. The logic receives an analog signal that is derived from a measurement of current in the system and computes an amount of energy consumed by the system based on the analog signal.

主权项

1. A computer system comprising:
a display a power source to provide a system current; and a set of hardware components to implement logic to compute an amount of energy consumed by the computer system over a given duration of time, the logic computing the amount of energy based on (i) a measurement of the system current, and (ii) a user selected system configuration; and wherein the logic provides, on a display, a graphical user interface that includes information about the amount of energy consumed by the computer system over the given duration of time, including information about an estimated energy cost data, the amount of energy consumption, and a configuration setting; and wherein the logic determines a target energy consumption based on a user interaction with the graphical user interface, and updates the user selected configuration based on the target energy consumption.