Method and system for thermal load management in a portable computing device

A computer system for managing thermal energy generation in a computing device, the system comprising:

• a temperature sensor placed at a distance from a core of a processor of the computer system, wherein the distance correlates with a predetermined drop in temperature with respect to a hotspot in the core of the processor;
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• the processor operable to:
• monitor, at a first rate, temperature readings generated by the temperature sensor;
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• based on a first monitored temperature reading, reallocate a process load portion from a first processing area of the core to a second processing area of the core, wherein reallocation of the process load portion serves to lower the amount of energy generated at any unit area of the core over a unit of time.

A computer system for managing thermal energy generation in a computing device, the system comprising:

• means for temperature sensing placed at a distance from a thermal energy generating component of a chip in the computing device, wherein the distance correlates with a predetermined drop in temperature with respect to a hotspot in the thermal energy generating component;
• means for monitoring, at a first rate, temperature readings generated by the means for temperature sensing;
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• means for reallocating a process load portion from a first processing area of the thermal energy generating component to a second processing area of the thermal energy generating component, wherein reallocation of the process load portion is triggered by a first monitored temperature reading and serves to lower the amount of energy generated at any unit area of the component over a unit of time.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for managing thermal energy generation in a computing device, said method comprising:

• placing a temperature sensor at a distance from a thermal energy generating component of a chip in the computing device, wherein the distance correlates with a predetermined drop in temperature with respect to a hotspot in the thermal energy generating component;
• monitoring, at a first rate, temperature readings generated by the temperature sensor;
• and
• based on a first monitored temperature reading, reallocating a process load portion from a first processing area of the thermal energy generating component to a second processing area of the thermal energy generating component, wherein reallocation of the process load portion serves to lower the amount of energy generated at any unit area of the component over a unit of time.