Appeal No. 2006-1056
Application No. 10/606,514
that Nizar controls the temperature of a device by comparing
access rates and that this is different from the instant
invention wherein a temperature is calculated and access to a
device is controlled in accordance with the calculated
temperature.
However, Nizar describes several different embodiments.
The process of “throttling” is described at column 2, lines
14-19, of Nizar, as well as in paragraph [0003] of the instant
specification. A “throttling” function occurs when an access
rate causes excessive temperatures. When this occurs, the access
rate is slowed down, or activity level is reduced (or
“throttled”) for a period of time in order to guarantee that a
component’s thermal specification is not exceeded.
In one embodiment, Nizar describes a monitoring of the
temperature of the device by the throttling logic. If the device
is approaching its thermal specification, the throttling logic
transitions to the throttle state (see column 3, lines 10-15, of
Nizar).
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