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Title: System-wide power management control via clock distribution network

Abstract

An apparatus, method and computer program product for automatically controlling power dissipation of a parallel computing system that includes a plurality of processors. A computing device issues a command to the parallel computing system. A clock pulse-width modulator encodes the command in a system clock signal to be distributed to the plurality of processors. The plurality of processors in the parallel computing system receive the system clock signal including the encoded command, and adjusts power dissipation according to the encoded command.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1179790
Patent Number(s):
9,037,892
Application Number:
13/085,879
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
DOE Contract Number:  
B554331
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2011 Apr 13
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

Citation Formats

Coteus, Paul W., Gara, Alan, Gooding, Thomas M., Haring, Rudolf A., Kopcsay, Gerard V., Liebsch, Thomas A., and Reed, Don D. System-wide power management control via clock distribution network. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Coteus, Paul W., Gara, Alan, Gooding, Thomas M., Haring, Rudolf A., Kopcsay, Gerard V., Liebsch, Thomas A., & Reed, Don D. System-wide power management control via clock distribution network. United States.
Coteus, Paul W., Gara, Alan, Gooding, Thomas M., Haring, Rudolf A., Kopcsay, Gerard V., Liebsch, Thomas A., and Reed, Don D. 2015. "System-wide power management control via clock distribution network". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1179790.
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