Power allocation to heat a processing chip of a network device

A network device comprising:

• a processing chip;
• a heater assembly comprising:
• a first heating element;
• and
• a second heating element;
• a power source to power the processing chip, the first heating element, the second heating element, and a plurality of power over ethernet ports of the network device;
• and
• a control device comprising hardware or circuitry that is configured to:
• determine that a first temperature measurement of the processing chip does not satisfy an operating temperature threshold;
• based on determining that the first temperature measurement does not satisfy the operating temperature threshold:
• allocate a first amount of power from the power source to the first heating element to heat the processing chip;
• and
• allocate a second amount of power from the power source to the second heating element to heat the processing chip;
• and
• determine that a second temperature measurement of the processing chip satisfies the operating temperature threshold;
• and
• based on determining that the second temperature measurement satisfies the operating temperature threshold:
• allocate a third amount of power from the power source to a set of power over ethernet ports, out of the plurality of power over ethernet ports;
• and
• allocate the first amount of power from the power source selectively to the first heating element to heat the processing chip.

An article comprising:

• at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processing resource to:
• receive a first temperature measurement of a processing chip of a network device;
• based on determining that the first temperature measurement does not satisfy an operating temperature threshold:
• allocate a first amount of power from a power source of the network device to a first heating element of the article to heat the processing chip;
• and
• allocate a second amount of power from the power source to a second heating element of the network device to heat the processing chip;
• receiving a second temperature measurement of the processing chip;
• based on determining that the second temperature measurement satisfies the operating temperature threshold:
• allocate a third amount of power from the power source to a set of power over ethernet ports of the network device;
• and
• allocate the first amount of power from the power source selectively to the first heating element to heat the processing chip.