Distributed computing with phase change material thermal management

A method of operating a computing device having first semiconductor chip including a first phase change material and a second semiconductor chip including a second phase change material, comprising:

• determining if the first semiconductor chip phase change material has available thermal capacity;
• if the first semiconductor chip phase change material has available thermal capacity then instructing the first semiconductor chip to operate in sprint mode;
• determining if the second semiconductor chip phase change material has available thermal capacity, and if so, then instructing the second semiconductor chip to operate in sprint mode;
• and
• ranking the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip based upon highest available thermal capacity and performing a computing task with the highest ranked of the first and second semiconductor chips.