Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A VOLTAGE REGULATOR BASED ON CURRENT INFORMATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004004105
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A computer system includes a voltage regulator that supplies power to a component. The component may provide a signal indicating an amount of current the component consumes under a high utilization operating condition. The voltage regulator may then determine the slope of a load line using this signal.
Inventors:
HSU POCHANG
NGUYEN DON
NGUYEN DON
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/019541
Publication Date:
October 07, 2004
Filing Date:
June 20, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INTEL CORP (US)
International Classes:
G06F1/26; (IPC1-7): G06F1/26
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2001073532A2 | 2001-10-04 | |||
| WO1996013100A1 | 1996-05-02 | |||
| WO2002008874A2 | 2002-01-31 |
Foreign References:
| US6233625B1 | 2001-05-15 | |||
| US5714873A | 1998-02-03 |
Other References:
"HOW TO MODIFY A VOLTAGE REGULATOR MODULE FOR AN INTEL PENTIUM II", IBM RESEARCH DISCLOSURE, vol. 1515, no. RD41586, November 1998 (1998-11-01), XP002289215
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