Abstract: A power supply soft-start control method, control apparatus and control device, and a storage medium. Frequency adjustment is added to a power supply soft-start process. A voltage step value is utilized to control a voltage adjusting loop to perform voltage feedback adjustment, and a frequency step value is utilized to control a frequency adjusting loop to perform frequency feedback adjustment. In an adjusting process, according to a voltage set value of the voltage adjusting loop and a frequency set value of the frequency adjusting loop, one of the voltage adjusting loop and the frequency adjusting loop is selected to control a soft-start output voltage, whereby voltage adjustment and frequency adjustment are mutually restricted.

Abstract: A photovoltaic system comprising an inverter adapted to convert a DC power supplied by photovoltaic modules of a photovoltaic generator via power cables to said inverter into an AC current for an AC power supply grid, wherein the inverter has a base station connected by means of the power cables to the module level devices which are provided to monitor and/or to control associated photovoltaic modules of the photovoltaic generator, wherein if the inverter does not receive sufficient energy from the photovoltaic generator and the AC power supply grid, a controller is adapted to activate a deadlock prevention mode of an energy supply unit connected to the inverter where the inverter receives energy from the energy supply unit such that the base station of the inverter is able to continue to transmit permission to operate, PTO, signals via the power cables to the module level devices of the photovoltaic generator.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for data attestation in memory. An embodiment includes a memory, and circuitry configured to detect a power off of the apparatus, generate a run-time cryptographic hash, and compare the run-time cryptographic hash with a cryptographic hash in response to detecting the power off, wherein the cryptographic hash is stored in a portion of the memory.

Abstract: Example approaches for customization of thermal and power policies in computers, are described. In an example, a microcontroller of a computing system, also referred to as system, validates thermal policy custom data stored in a firmware storage medium of the system, in response to a supply of power to the system. On a successful validation of the thermal policy custom data, thermal control settings is updated with a customized thermal policy included in the thermal policy custom data. In response to initiation of a boot operation of the system, a processor of the system validates power policy custom data stored in the firmware storage medium. In response to a successful validation of the power policy custom data during the boot operation, the processor updates power control settings of the system with a customized power policy included in the power policy custom data.

Abstract: A data management method performed by a first authentication server included in a plurality of authentication servers each having a distributed ledger in a data management system including a device and the plurality of authentication servers includes: obtaining first transaction data generated by the device and including device data obtained or generated by the device; and generating a block including the first transaction data and recording the generated block in the distributed ledger, when the device data included in the first transaction data is first data indicated in an information type list which is a data list indicating data that is subject to recording in the distributed ledger and related to a predetermined contract.

Abstract: An activity smoothener circuit is provided to control rates of change in processing activity to limit di/dt in activity areas of an IC to mitigate voltage droops or overshoots. Controlling the rate of change of activity prevents or reduces instances of a di/dt exceeding a programmed maximum that is based on physical limits of the IC and/or a package. In examples, the activity smoothener circuit includes a hierarchy of smoothening circuits controlling activity in areas down to individual circuit blocks (tiles) including execution circuits. An indication of a desired level of activity is provided to a parent smoothening circuit and the parent smoothening circuit responds with indications of actual activity allowed to occur. At each level of hierarchy, the activity smoothener circuit may use algorithms to generate indications of actual activity based on indications of desired activity and di/dt limits. Di/dt limits and current minimums and maximums are controlled.

Abstract: A distributed data acquisition system comprising multiple, physically unconnected, data acquisition units that can be in wireless communication with a remote host, timestamps measurement data with sub-microsecond time base accuracy of sampling clock relative to an absolute timeframe. Each unit has a GPS receiver for deriving an absolute time. An analog-to-digital converter samples measurement data using a sampling clock. A hardware logic circuit, such as a field programmable gate array, associates batches of the measurement data with corresponding timestamps representing the current absolute time. A time offset bias may be compensated by a comparison of timestamps with nominal time based on start time and nominal sampling rate. Additionally, the sampling clock may be synchronized using time pulses from the GPS receiver. An initial start of ADC sampling by all data acquisition units may be also synchronized.

Abstract: One aspect provides a power sourcing equipment controller for providing power to a powered device using power-over-Ethernet (PoE). The power sourcing equipment includes a voltage-output logic block to output a sequence of voltage signals, the voltage signals comprising at least a detection signal and a classification signal; a current-measurement logic block to measure current provided responsive to the voltage signals; a backoff-time-determination logic block to determine a backoff time in response to the current-measurement logic block detecting the provided current exceeding a predetermined threshold, the backoff time being determined based on an amount of time needed for discharging an internal capacitor associated with the powered device; and a timing logic block to cause the voltage-output logic block to delay the output of a next sequence of voltage signals based on the determined backoff time, thereby facilitating powering up of a device compliant with a different PoE standard.

Abstract: A system for powering a network element of a fiber optic wide area network is disclosed. When communication data is transferred between a central office (CO) and a subscriber terminal using a network element to convert optical to electrical (O-E) and electrical to optical (E-O) signals between a fiber from the central office and twisted wire pair, coaxial cable or Ethernet cable transmission lines from the subscriber terminal, techniques related to local powering of a network element or drop site by the subscriber terminal or subscriber premise remote powering device are provided. Certain advantages and/or benefits are achieved using the present invention, such as freedom from any requirement for additional meter installations or meter connection charges and does not require a separate power network.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a vehicle control method, module, and system, a device and a medium. The method includes: acquiring, under a condition that it is determined to install a target battery provided by a battery swapping station for the vehicle, a network address of a first battery management unit of the target battery; requesting to establish a wireless communication connection between a control module and the first battery management unit, based on the network address of the first battery management unit of the target battery; transmitting, under a condition that the wireless communication connection between the control module and the first battery management unit is successfully established, a first prompt signal to a target object, where the first prompt signal is used to prompt the target object to perform a relevant operation for allowing the vehicle to leave a battery swapping area.

Abstract: An embodiment includes a method of software utilization evaluation in a managed network. The method includes receiving a software parameter for a software implemented by a managed device in a managed network. The method includes obtaining status data of the software on the device. The status data indicating whether the software is in use at the device at a time. The method includes aggregating the status data to determine a software usage of the software at the device. Responsive to the software usage being below a usage threshold, the method includes generating software management action. The usage threshold being based on the software parameter. Responsive to a state at a management device, the method includes implementing the software management action to remotely modify at least one aspect of the managed device.

Abstract: A power adapter provides power to an information handling system. The power adapter includes a power supply and a power delivery controller. The power supply receives an alternating current (AC) input at one of a plurality of input voltages, and provides a direct current (DC) output at one of a plurality of output voltages, each output voltage being associated with a current limit.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a product (MEDIATOR) and a method facilitating unidirectional broadcast or multicast of any kind of data from a source communication device to a plurality of client communication devices, within a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), using a one-to-many communication by using the MEDIATOR that mediate between the source communication device and clients and gives the option of serving a plurality of clients, more than the limitation of the inherent source communication device AP.

Abstract: An aircraft avionics bay provided with at least one shelf (4) that includes: a support platform (5); retention seats (12) for a rack-mountable electrical module (6) each including a module connector (14); an external connection interface (7); an interconnection platform (9) extending substantially parallel to the support platform (5), on the side opposite the retention seats (12), the interconnection platform (9) supporting conductive connection tracks (28); a plurality of rear printed circuits (15), each rear printed circuit (15) extending opposite a module connector (14); the conductive connection tracks (28) of the interconnection platform (9) extending into each rear printed circuit (15) and to the external connection interface (7) via flexible conductors (18, 19).

Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a display, a first power module that outputs a first power, and a second power module that outputs a second power. The first power and the second power are supplied to the display. The first power module is configured to cut off the first power when an amount of input current exceeds an overload criterion, to identify whether the second power module is abnormal based on the second power, and to change the overload criterion from a first threshold current amount to a second threshold current amount that exceeds the first threshold current amount, in an abnormal state of the second power module.

Abstract: A disclosed information handling system is coupled to a power adapter that is coupled to an AC line power source. The system includes an embedded controller storing instructions executable to determine that a trigger condition for limiting electrical power drawn by the system from the power adapter is met and, in response to the determination and in accordance with a low power operating mode, to limit electrical power drawn from the power adapter by the system to an amount less than or equal to the lesser of a power rating of the power adapter and a capacity of the AC line power source to supply electrical power. Limiting the electrical power drawn from the power adapter may include limiting the electrical power consumed by operation of the system or limiting a rate at which an internal battery of the system is charged by electrical power supplied by the power adapter.

Abstract: A portable information handling system modular hybrid architecture separates components between rotationally coupled housing portions to minimize cabling, connectors and materials, and to provide improved durability that supports recycling and reuse of the components. A single cable between the housing portions provides power and data communications for the components. A battery in a first housing portion interfaces with a secondary board having a charger and embedded controller that cooperate to provide power at a native battery voltage to a main board of a second housing portion through the cable. A switched-capacitor voltage regulator coupled to the main board reduces the power to a system voltage with a selectable divider ratio that is set based upon the measured battery voltage applied at the main board.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing adaptive power on reset (POR) signals for use with programmable logic devices (PLDs) and/or other semiconductor devices are disclosed. An example adaptive POR signal generator includes a logic device configured to detect a first supply voltage ramp traversal across a first threshold ramp voltage, detect a second supply voltage ramp traversal across a second threshold ramp voltage, and generate a POR signal based, at least in part, on a nominal operating voltage associated with the power supply and/or the supply voltage and/or on a ramp time associated with the first and second supply voltage ramp traversals. The second threshold ramp voltage is higher than the first threshold ramp voltage and the first and second threshold ramp voltages are lower than the nominal operating voltage.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage power consumption in a software build environment. In one implementation, a monitoring service monitors power consumption information associated with a build environment for one or more software components. The monitoring service further identifies one or more trends associated with the power consumption information based at least on the power consumption information satisfying one or more criteria and generates a summary for display that indicates at least the one or more trends. The monitoring service may also identify and display as part of the summary one or more suggestions to improve power consumption based on the one or more trends.

Abstract: A management system is described. The management system includes an interface coupled to a plurality of infrastructure appliances and one or more processors to monitor each of the plurality of infrastructure appliances, detect a malfunction at a first of the infrastructure appliances, and transmit a display message to one or more of the plurality of infrastructure appliances that are adjacent to the first infrastructure appliance, wherein a display message indicates one or more activity light indicators to be activated at an adjacent infrastructure appliance.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile memory, a controller for writing data to the non-volatile memory and reading data from the non-volatile memory, and a power supply circuit. The power supply circuit includes a capacitor. The power supply circuit supplies power to the non-volatile memory and the controller from an external power supply and supplies power to the non-volatile memory and the controller from the capacitor if the external power supply is interrupted. The controller controls the power supply circuit to charge the capacitor when current consumption of the non-volatile memory is less than some first current level.

Abstract: Memory bank redistribution based on power consumption of multiple memory banks of a memory die can provide an overall reduced power consumption of a memory device. The respective power consumption of each bank can be determined and memory operations to the banks can be distributed based on the determined power consumption. The memory die can include an interface coupled to each bank. Control circuitry can remap logical to physical addresses of the banks based on one or more parameters such as a power consumption of each bank, counts of memory operations for each bank, and/or a relative physical distance of each bank.

Abstract: A system for determining remaining useful energy in an electric aircraft, the system including a computing device where the computing device is configured to measure a internal state datum of a battery as a function of at least a sensor, receive the internal state datum from the at least a sensor, generate a useful energy remaining datum as a function of the internal state datum and a battery model, and display the useful energy remaining datum to a user.

Abstract: This application discloses a method for reducing power consumption of a terminal, and a terminal, and relates to the field of terminal technologies, to resolve a problem of relatively high power consumption of a terminal caused by a background application program. The method includes: when a background power consumption current value of the terminal is greater than a preset current value, controlling, by the terminal, a target application program, to reduce the background power consumption current value, where the background power consumption current value is a sum of power consumption current values of all background application programs on the terminal.

Abstract: A system comprises a power source and two power rails coupled to the power source. A storage device, comprising a non-volatile memory, a cache coupled to the non-volatile memory, and a control pin, is coupled to the second power rail. A power management controller is coupled to the first power rail and to a control pin of the storage device. The power management controller stops the provision of power via the first power rail and provides a signal to the storage device via the control pin when the provision of power via the first power rail is stopped. The storage device continues to receive power from the second power rail when the provision of power via the first power rail is stopped. The storage device stores data from the cache to the non-volatile memory in response to the receipt of the signal via the control pin.

Abstract: A battery capacity representation method for a computer system, is disclosed. The computer system includes a specific absorption rate (SAR) sensor, a battery module and a light-emitting diode (LED) module, and the battery capacity representation method includes performing an external environment sensing by the SAR sensor to determine whether a triggering condition is satisfied; sensing a battery capacity of the battery module when the triggering condition is satisfied; and determining a representation status of the LED module according to the battery capacity.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for error evaluation for a memory system are described. A memory device may be configured to monitor access errors of the memory device to evaluate a likelihood that such errors are related to a failure of the memory device itself or to a failure outside the memory device. For example, a memory device may monitor a respective quantity of errors for each of a set of banks and, if the memory device detects that multiple banks are associated with a threshold quantity of access errors, the memory device may infer the presence of a failure outside the memory device. The memory device may store an indication of such a detection, which may be used to support failure diagnosis or resolution efforts, such as refraining from replacing a memory device when access errors are more likely to be the result of a system failure.

Abstract: A method for managing a plurality of batteries that are electrically coupled together includes (1) monitoring respective voltages of the plurality of batteries and (2) in response to a respective voltage of a first battery of the plurality of batteries reaching a first threshold value at a first time, reducing a charge or discharge rate of the first battery, relative to at least a second battery of the plurality of batteries. Charge and discharge rates may be adaptively managed such that each battery reaches the first threshold value at substantially the same time.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may determine a temperature value associated with a discrete graphics processing unit (dGPU); if the temperature value is below a threshold temperature value: configure an information handling system (IHS) to utilize the dGPU for processing graphics workloads of the IHS; disable an integrated graphics processing unit (iGPU) from processing any of the graphics workloads; and provide an amount of power utilized by the iGPU to a processor of the IHS; and if the temperature value is not below the threshold temperature value: determine that the iGPU is disabled; configure the IHS to utilize the iGPU for processing a portion of the graphics workloads; and enable the iGPU to process the portion of the graphics workloads; and remove the amount of power utilized by the iGPU from the at least one processor.

Abstract: A power converter can include: N switching power stage circuits, where output terminals of the N switching power stage circuits are connected in parallel, and N is a positive integer; an energy storage element coupled between an input terminal and the output terminal of the power converter, where the energy storage element is configured to periodically store energy for delivery to the output terminal of the power converter; and where after a main transistor of an M-th switching power stage circuit is turned off, a main transistor of the (M+1)-th switching power stage circuit is turned on, in order to realize zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) of the main transistor of (M+1)-th switching power stage circuit, where M is a positive integer less than N.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device for configuring cold redundancy of a power source. The method includes determining an efficient range and an inefficient range of an efficiency-load curve of a power supply unit (PSU), wherein the efficiency-load curve is acquired by testing the PSU in advance. If the PSU operates in the efficient range when voltage of the PSU is before a preconfigured power source configuration point, or if the PSU operates in the inefficient range when the voltage of the PSU is after the preconfigured power source configuration point, the method includes recalculating the preconfigured power source configuration point. If neither, then the method includes determining that the preconfigured power source configuration point is a power source configuration point, wherein the power source configuration point is a voltage value at which a standby PSU is switched to a power supply PSU when cold redundancy is configured.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of operating a flexible and optimized power management unit (PMU) for multiple power supply scenarios are described. One integrated circuit includes a first terminal to couple to an unregulated power supply, a second terminal to couple to a regulated power supply, a first regulator, and a second regulator. The first regulator outputs a first supply voltage in a first configuration, and the second regulator outputs a second supply voltage in a second configuration. The first and second regulators do not operate concurrently.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for tracking and upgrading firmware in intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) are provided. The devices, systems and methods provide for tracking firmware versions of at least one or a fleet of IEDs, e.g., electronic power or revenue meters, notifying a user that an update to an existing firmware is available and providing the ability to automatically upload the current or latest version of the firmware to all IEDs.

Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for releasing an application feature in incremental stages while monitoring the application for anomalies. The feature includes a package of code and an action setting. The methods in some implementations include identifying active devices on which the application has been installed, monitoring the application according to a set of metrics, activating the feature by changing its action setting for a first segment of the active devices, pausing the feature if an anomaly is detected among the set of metrics, and generating a repair ticket. As long as no anomaly is detected, the activating step proceeds for subsequent segments of the active devices, iteratively, until the release is completed. A feature rank may be used to process and release a plurality of features in order of priority.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer readable media for identifying and responding to one or more power loss events on a computing node. For example, systems disclosed herein may relate to management of a power loss event on a computing node hosting one or more compute platforms thereon. The systems disclosed herein may implement a power handling configuration that identified a subset of data from a volatile portion of a storage system to prioritize for storage on a non-volatile portion of the storage system. By selectively identifying and flushing data associated with compute platforms hosted by a computing node, systems described herein may significantly reduce demand for capacitance on cloud computing systems while optimizing other performance parameters (e.g., write performance, hardware durability) of devices on cloud computing systems.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to management of battery-use by one or more computing resources in the event of a power outage. Data used by one or more computing resources can be backed-up using battery power. Battery power is allocated to data back-up operations based at least on one or more of: criticality level of data, priority of an application that processes the data, or priority level of resource. The computing resource can back-up data to a persistent storage media. The computing resource can store a log of data that is backed-up or not backed-up. The log can be used by the computing resource to access the backed-up data for continuing to process the data and to determine what data is not available for processing.

Abstract: A scheme to improve performance of power-constrained computers, comprising a heterogeneous mix of compute elements, by dynamically reacting to changes in the switching capacitance that present workload induces in each heterogeneous compute element and learning the coefficients of a power-frequency model for each compute element for the present workload. At each time step, the scheme forecasts a maximum frequency that the compute element can run at without exceeding an input power limit for a given workload. The scheme rapidly re-learns coefficients of the power model and rapidly adapts the frequency as the workload's characteristics shift ensuring that compute elements run at the maximum frequency they can while not exceeding the input power limit.

Abstract: In a method of operating a system-on-chip (SOC), the SOC includes a plurality of processor cores. An operating frequency of the plurality of processor cores is set to a first operating frequency based on permitted power consumption of the SOC and an operating status of the plurality of processor cores. The first operating frequency is within a maximum operating frequency of the plurality of processor cores. At least one of the plurality of processor cores performs at least one processing operation based on the first operating frequency. When present power consumption of the SOC is determined as exceeding the permitted power consumption, a warning signal is activated, and a first control operation for reducing the present power consumption is performed immediately thereafter.

Abstract: A direct current (DC) power distribution system is provided. The system includes a passive splitter and an active splitter. The passive splitter includes an input port that is configured to receive a first DC power input and multiple output ports that are configured to provide a first DC power outputs to corresponding ones of multiple power only devices. The active splitter includes an input port that is configured to receive a second DC power input and network data corresponding to at least one network communications data channel and multiple output ports that are configured to provide second DC power outputs and network communications data to corresponding power and/or data devices.

Abstract: A processor includes a controller and plurality of chiplets, each chiplet including a plurality of processor cores. The controller provides chiplet-level performance information for the chiplets that identifies a performance of each chiplet at each of a plurality of performance levels for specified sets of processor cores on that chiplet. The controller receives an identification of one or more selected chiplets from among the plurality of chiplets for which a specified number of processor cores are to be configured at a given performance level, the one or more selected chiplets having been selected based on the chiplet-level performance information and performance requirements. The controller configures the specified number of processor cores of the one or more selected chiplets at the given performance level. A task is then run on the specified number of processor cores of the one or more selected chiplets at the given performance level.

Abstract: The present application discloses a file transmission method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The steps of the method include: counting the number of target files transmitted in a transmission channel; obtaining a preset peak transmission rate of the transmission channel, the preset peak transmission rate being less than or equal to the rated maximum transmission rate of the transmission channel; calculating an average rate on the basis of the number of files and the preset peak transmission rate; adjusting the transmission rate of each of the target files in the transmission channel to be the average rate; and transmitting the target files in the transmission channel. The present method relatively ensures the stability of the operation of a server during file transmission. In addition, the present application also provides a file transmission apparatus, a device, and a storage medium, which have the same beneficial effects as those described above.

Abstract: A power supply signal conditioning system includes a power supply, one or more loads, and a drive-sense circuit (DSC). The power supply is operably coupled to one or more loads. When enabled, the power supply configured to output a power supply signal having a DC (direct current) voltage component and a ripple voltage component that is based on conversion of an AC (alternating current) signal in accordance with generating the power supply signal. The DSC is operably coupled to the power supply. When enabled, the DSC is configured simultaneously to sense the power supply signal and, based on sensing of the power supply signal, adaptively to process the power supply signal in accordance with reducing or eliminating the ripple voltage component of the power supply signal to generate a conditioned power supply signal to service the one or more loads.

Abstract: Software-defined fail-safe power draw control is provided for rack power distribution units (PDUs). A PDU power manager can be used to map devices to a PDU and its sockets. The PDU power manager can also identify the power rating of the PDU and its sockets. With this information, the PDU power manager can generate and apply priority-based and dynamic power caps to the devices connected to the PDU. In this way, the PDU power manager can ensure that the power ratings of the PDU and of each of its sockets are not exceeded while ensuring that power delivery is prioritized based on the workloads that the devices may experience.

Abstract: An automated driving system (ADS) includes an automation control module for controlling one or more driving functions of a vehicle, and a safety control module for determining one or more operating conditions relevant to the safety performance of the vehicle, such as driver awareness and processor temperature. The automation control module is configured to automatically adjust the speed of the vehicle based on the one or more operating conditions determined by the safety control module.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for power architecture for non-volatile memory are described. A memory device may be configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode (e.g., a low power mode). When operating in the first mode, a voltage may be supplied from a power source (e.g., a power management integrated circuit) to a memory array and one or more associated components via a regulator. When the memory device transitions to operate in the second mode, some of the components supplied from the power source may be powered by a charge pump. Control information associated with the memory array may be stored to the one or more components (e.g., to a cache) that are powered by a charge pump.

Abstract: A method is provided for operating a storage device having biometric security protection, including: simultaneously starting both a device initialization operation and a biometric recognition operation; and if the device initialization operation has completed and the biometric recognition operation has successfully completed, setting the storage device to a normal access mode permitting external access to the storage device in accordance with the biometric security protection, wherein the device initialization operation and the biometric recognition operation are performed concurrently.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to a power sourcing equipment (PSE), and a method of reallocating power to one or more powered devices (PDs) by the PSE, before a swap event of a power supply unit (PSU). The method includes receiving an information about the swap event, determining based on the information that the swap event is expected to cause powering down of the one or more PDs, and requesting a first PD among the one or more PDs to permit the PSE to reduce an initial value of power allocated to the first PD. Further, the method includes reducing an amount of power to the first PD from the initial value to a reduced value of power based on a response from the first PD, and reallocating the reduced value of the power to the first PD to avoid powering down of the one or more PDs during the swap event.

Abstract: A system of electronic modules is described, along with a method of assigning addresses to the modules. The modules are communicatively connected along a communication path, and are also communicatively connected to an address bus. Adders are positioned along the address bus, with at least one adder located between each pair of modules. When any module is assigned an address, its adjacent adder will increment the address and assign the incremented address to the next-adjacent module.

Abstract: A power supply signal conditioning system includes a power supply, one or more loads, and a drive-sense circuit (DSC). The power supply is operably coupled to one or more loads. When enabled, the power supply configured to output a power supply signal having a DC (direct current) voltage component and a ripple voltage component that is based on conversion of an AC (alternating current) signal in accordance with generating the power supply signal. The DSC is operably coupled to the power supply. When enabled, the DSC is configured simultaneously to sense the power supply signal and, based on sensing of the power supply signal, adaptively to process the power supply signal in accordance with reducing or eliminating the ripple voltage component of the power supply signal to generate a conditioned power supply signal to service the one or more loads.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein make previously stranded power capacity (power that is provisioned for a data center according to a computing system's nameplate power consumption but is currently not useable) available to the data center. Systems described herein generate empirical power profiles that specify expected upper bounds for the power consumption levels that applications trigger. Using the upper bounds for application power-consumption levels, a computing system described herein can reliably release part of its provisioned nameplate power for other systems or data center consumers, reducing the amount of stranded power in a data center. The method described herein avoids performance penalties for most jobs by using sensor measurements made at a rapid rate explained herein to ensure that a system power cap based on running application's measured peak power consumption is reliable with reference to the power capacitance inherent in the computing system.