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Title:
METHOD FOR MANAGING VOLTAGE OF PROCESSOR IN MULTIPROCESSOR COMPUTER SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004078940
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To adjust voltage and a frequency of each processor by requested performance of each processor and total amount of electric power and heat of a system of a multiprocessor system.

A method including adjustment of a first voltage level of a first processor of a processor base system is provided. The first processor operates at a first performance level. Also, a second voltage level of a second processor in the processor base system is adjusted. The second processor operates at the second performance level. The first performance level is higher than the above second performance level. This method maintains the total amount of electric power and heat and optimizes the performance by adjusting the voltage of a blade in the processor base computer system.


Inventors:
BARR ANDREW H
ESPINOZA-IBARRA RICARDO
Application Number:
JP2003283303A
Publication Date:
March 11, 2004
Filing Date:
July 31, 2003
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Assignee:
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO
International Classes:
G06F1/26; G06F1/04; G06F1/32; G06F15/177; G06F15/80; (IPC1-7): G06F1/26; G06F1/04; G06F15/177; G06F15/80
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Next student Okada
Naoya Fushimi
Yukari Hirano