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System and process for accounting for aging effects in a computing device

  • US 9,823,990 B2
  • Filed: 09/05/2012
  • Issued: 11/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • in response to an installation of a peripheral device in a computing system, directly measuring, with a plurality of dedicated circuits comprising a plurality of temperature sensors, operating conditions of a plurality of components comprised in the computing system, wherein the operating conditions comprise at least a temperature of the plurality of components during operation;

    determining an amount of wear accumulated on the plurality of components based on the measured operating conditions;

    calculating a number of accumulated credits for the computing system based on the determined amount of wear by plotting a first curve corresponding to the amount of wear and a second curve corresponding to a reference data and calculating the difference between the first and second curves;

    adjusting operating conditions in the computing system based on the number of accumulated credits;

    operating the computing system under adjusted operating conditions; and

    increasing a frequency of said calculating said number of accumulated credits when said operating conditions are adjusted beyond a base performance level,wherein operating conditions in the computing system are prevented from increasing beyond the base performance level until the number of accumulated credits is positive.

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