On-die temperature control data for communicating to a thermal actuator

An apparatus, comprising:

• an integrated circuit including a non-volatile storage element storing a temperature control variable;
• a temperature sensor thermally coupled to the integrated circuit to sense an operating temperature of the integrated circuit;
• and
• a thermal controller communicatively coupled to the storage element and to the temperature sensor, the thermal controller external to the integrated circuit, the thermal controller configured to throttle a thermal actuator to cool the integrated circuit when the temperature sensor indicates that the operating temperature of the integrated circuit is below a temperature value indicated by the temperature control variable.

A method, comprising:

• operating an integrated circuit at multiple operating temperatures;
• measuring power dissipation by the integrated circuit at the multiple operating temperatures;
• determining a temperature control variable based at least in part on the measured power dissipation at the multiple operating temperatures, wherein the temperature control variable indicates an operating temperature of the integrated circuit below which a thermal actuator cooling the integrated circuit may be throttled;
• and
• storing the temperature control variable to a non-volatile storage element within the integrated circuit.