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Adaptive real-time methodology for optimizing energy-efficient computing

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1018710
Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) is an effective way to reduce energy and power consumption in microprocessor units. Current implementations of DVFS suffer from inaccurate modeling of power requirements and usage, and from inaccurate characterization of the relationships between the applicable variables. A system and method is proposed that adjusts CPU frequency and voltage based on run-time calculations of the workload processing time, as well as a calculation of performance sensitivity with respect to CPU frequency. The system and method are processor independent, and can be applied to either an entire system as a unit, or individually to each process running on a system.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
7,971,073
Application Number:
US Patent Application 11/556,651
OSTI ID:
1018710
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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