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Title:
DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE POWER SUPPLY OF A COMPUTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/112700
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for controlling a computer (4) capable of being powered with a plurality of voltage levels, including a controller (2) arranged so as to receive charge data (Ci), deadline data (Ni), and instantaneous speed data (w) for said computer (4), in order to calculate a reference speed that enables said computer to run an amount of calculations drawn from the charge data (Ci) in a period drawn from the deadline data (Ni), and to calculate a control voltage level (V_lvl) and operating frequency (f_op) for said computer from said reference speed. At least one element from among the reference speed and the operating frequency (f_op) is calculated using the instantaneous speed data (w).

Inventors:
DURAND SYLVAIN (FR)
MARCHAND NICOLAS (FR)
Application Number:
PCT/FR2010/000264
Publication Date:
April 07, 2011
Filing Date:
March 29, 2010
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Assignee:
INST NAT RECH INF AUTOMAT (FR)
CENTRE NAT RECH SCIENT (FR)
DURAND SYLVAIN (FR)
MARCHAND NICOLAS (FR)
International Classes:
G06F1/32
Foreign References:
US20060212247A12006-09-21
US20020029353A12002-03-07
JP2003337713A2003-11-28
US20030184271A12003-10-02
JPH11194849A1999-07-21
US20040025069A12004-02-05
US20080162770A12008-07-03
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NEYRET, Daniel et al. (2 place d'Estienne d'Orves, Paris Cedex 09, FR)
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