Method to calculate energy efficiency of information technology equipment
First Claim
1. A method to calculate energy efficiency of information technology equipment, comprising:
- determining a transactions per second value for a piece of information technology equipment;
determining a power consumption at 100% load value for the piece of information technology equipment; and
calculating an energy efficiency of the piece of information technology equipment by dividing the transactions per second value by the power consumption at 100% load value.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a METHOD TO CALCULATE AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATING for information technology equipment. This method specifically pertains to information technology equipment that doubles its capabilities in a predetermined timeframe according to Moore'"'"'s Law.
This method uses a formula to calculate an energy efficiency rating based on power consumption and transactions per second. It further calculates a normalized rating where the absolute rating is adjusted based on Moore'"'"'s Law prediction of improvements. As a result the method invented is the first and only method to compare information technology from various generations of hardware, processor and component architecture with each other in terms of their energy efficiency.
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8 Claims
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1. A method to calculate energy efficiency of information technology equipment, comprising:
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determining a transactions per second value for a piece of information technology equipment; determining a power consumption at 100% load value for the piece of information technology equipment; and calculating an energy efficiency of the piece of information technology equipment by dividing the transactions per second value by the power consumption at 100% load value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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