摘要 |
Methods and products for managing power consumption of a computer and computers for which power consumption is managed. The computer includes the computer including a computer processor and embodiments of the present invention include providing, by an inband power manger to an out-of-band power manager, a proposed performance state ('p-state') for the computer processor; determining, by the out-of-band power manager, in dependence upon a power setpoint and currently-measured operating metrics of the computer processor, whether to approve the proposed p-state; and if the out-of-band power manager approves the proposed p-state, setting operating parameters of the computer processor according to the approved p-state. |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION;IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED;BREY, THOMAS;FELTER, WESLEY;KOCHAR, SUMEET;LEFURGY, CHARLES;ORITA, RYUJI;RAWSON, FREEMAN, III;WARE, MALCOLM |
发明人 |
BREY, THOMAS;FELTER, WESLEY;KOCHAR, SUMEET;LEFURGY, CHARLES;ORITA, RYUJI;RAWSON, FREEMAN, III;WARE, MALCOLM |