09-04-2015 дата публикации
Номер: US20150100805A1
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A voltage regulator phase shedding system includes one or more subsystems to receive a system management interrupt (SMI), gather processor utilization information, determine whether to adjust a performance state, lookup voltage regulator information for new performance state, adjust active voltage regulator phase, and adjust performance state. The voltage regulator phase shedding system can also include one or more subsystems to read a power measurement, calculate throttling requirements, determine whether to adjust a throttling, lookup voltage regulator information for new performance state capacity, adjust active voltage regulator phase, and adjust throttling. 1. A method for shedding voltage regulator phases , comprising:determining, by a management system, that an IHS component is operating at a first performance level;determining, by the management system, that a voltage regulator is operating at a first efficiency with the IHS component operating at the first performance level;determining, by the management system, that shedding at least one voltage regulator phase of the voltage regulator will cause the voltage regulator to operate at a higher efficiency; andcausing, by the management system, the voltage regulator to shed the at least one voltage regulator phase while the IHS component is operating at the first performance level.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the management system is operating system independent.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the management system is Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) based.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing the voltage regulator to shed the at least one voltage regulator phase is performed based on a maximum allowable load of the IHS component.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing the voltage regulator to shed the at least one voltage regulator phase results in a load of the IHS component shifting such that the voltage regulator operates at the higher efficiency.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein ...
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