Patents by Inventor Benjamin David Bates

Benjamin David Bates has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Power management to change power limits based on device skin temperature
    Patent number: 9958921
    Abstract: A method includes controlling a power limit of a computing system based on a determined skin temperature of at least one location on an outer surface of a device housing the computing system. A processor includes a processing unit and a power management controller to control a power limit of the processing unit based on a determined skin temperature of at least one location on an outer surface of a device housing the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Jain, Benjamin David Bates, Ali Akbar Merrikh, Samuel David Naffziger, Steven Frederick Liepe, Madhu Saravana Sibi Govindan
  • CHANGING POWER LIMITS BASED ON DEVICE STATE
    Publication number: 20160266629
    Abstract: A method includes adjusting a maximum skin temperature threshold of a device based on a device state, adjusting a power limit for the device based on the adjusted maximum skin temperature threshold, and operating the device based on the adjusted power limit. A processor includes a processing unit and a power management controller to adjust a maximum skin temperature threshold based on a device state and adjust a power limit for the processing unit based on the adjusted maximum skin temperature threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Ali Akbar Merrikh, Ashish Jain, Benjamin David Bates, Yasuko Eckert, Indrani Paul, Wei Huang, Manish Arora, Alexander Joseph Branover, Sridhar V. Gada, Andrew McNamara, Samuel David Naffziger, Steven Frederick Liepe, Madhu Saravana Sibi Govindan
  • POWER MANAGEMENT TO CHANGE POWER LIMITS BASED ON DEVICE SKIN TEMPERATURE
    Publication number: 20160266628
    Abstract: A method includes controlling a power limit of a computing system based on a determined skin temperature of at least one location on an outer surface of a device housing the computing system. A processor includes a processing unit and a power management controller to control a power limit of the processing unit based on a determined skin temperature of at least one location on an outer surface of a device housing the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Ashish Jain, Benjamin David Bates, Ali Akbar Merrikh, Samuel David Naffziger, Steven Frederick Liepe, Madhu Saravana Sibi Govindan