US 2017/0248998 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BOOSTING POWER SUPPLY

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present technology provide methods for boosting a voltage differential of an energy storage by using a boost component, determining a server system being switched to a boost mode, and discharging the energy storage to provide additional power supplies to the server system during the boost mode. In some embodiments, processing demands of a server system can be monitored. In response to determining that a boost mode is needed to support processing demands of the server system or detecting a component being a bottleneck in processing pipelines of the server system, a boost activation signal can be generated. The boost activation signal can cause a CPU, the bottleneck component, or another component of the server system to operate under a higher clock speed such that a higher processing capacity can be achieved.

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Dependent claims

A computing system, comprising:

an energy storage;
a power supply unit (PSU) configured to supply power to a plurality of components of the computing system;
a boost component configured to boost an output power of the PSU to a higher power;
and
a controller configured to:
cause the energy storage to be charged under a normal operation;
determine that there is a bottleneck component in a processing pipeline of the computing system;
generate a first boost activation signal, wherein the first boost activation signal causes the bottleneck component of the computing system to operate under a first higher clock speed than a clock speed of the normal operation;
switch the computing system to a first boost mode to support first additional power demand of the bottleneck component;
and
cause the energy storage to be discharged during the first boost mode.

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Method and system for boosting power supply

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Abstract

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