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System and method for strategic power reduction in a computer system

  • US 7,325,050 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2001
  • Issued: 01/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer system comprising:

  • a plurality of processing resources operable to process data;

    one or more power supplies associated with the processing resources, the one or more power supplies operable to supply power to the plurality of processing resources;

    a resource management engine associated with the processing resources the resource management engine comprising at least one dynamic table listing historical demand data for the system;

    the resource management engine operable to;

    predict a decreased demand requirement for the processing resources for a first time period based at least on the historical demand data for the system; and

    in response to the predicted decreased demand requirement, select between (a) lowering the power state of a particular processing resource and (b) turning off the particular processing resource for the first time period based at least on whether the demand requirement is predicted to increase at a second time period subsequent to the first time period.

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