Systems and methods for thermal system management

A method for controlling temperature or power limit in a computing device, comprising:

• at the computing device:
• initializing a thermal module of the computing device, initializing the thermal module including:
• detecting a presence of a plurality of potential components of the computing device, at least one of the plurality of potential components originating from a different producer than one or more other components of the plurality of potential components;
• the thermal module being agnostic to the plurality of potential components originating from different producers,
• querying each of the plurality of potential components to determine capabilities of each component,
• in response to the querying, for each of at least a subset of the components:
• receiving identification information for the component, and
• based on the received identification information, configuring one or more interfaces of a plurality of predefined interfaces of the thermal module to establish communication with the subset of components;
• operating in a first state by executing a temperature or power control loop with a power limit threshold;
• while operating in the first state, receiving posture information for the device;
• and
• operating in a second state by adjusting the power limit threshold based on the posture information.

A computing system comprising:

• a processor;
• a plurality of undetected potential components in data communication with the processor via a thermal module, at least one of the plurality of undetected potential components originating from a different producer than one or more other components of the plurality of undetected potential components, the thermal module being agnostic to the undetected potential components originating from different producers;
• and
• a hardware memory device, the hardware memory device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to communicate with the plurality of potential components and:
• operate in a first state by executing a temperature or power control loop with a power limit threshold;
• while operating in the first state, receive posture information for the device;
• and
• operate in a second state by adjusting the power limit threshold based on the posture information.