System and method for determining power consumption

摘要

A system and method is provided to measure the power consumption of circuits whereby, in one aspect, a processor's temperature is maintained so that its power consumption is measured at the point the processor throttles.

主权项

1. A system for applying cooling to a first processor, the system comprising:
a second processor configured to:
supply power to the first processor, whereby an amount of power applied to the processor changes over time;regulate an amount of cooling applied to the first processor so as to cause the first processor to periodically decrease and increase a clock speed of the first processor;determine an amount of power to the first processor when a length of time associated with the decreased clock speed and a length of time associated with the increased clock speed reach a predetermined characteristic; andapply cooling to the first processor based on the determined amount of power to the first processor.