Appeal No. 2006-1056
Application No. 10/606,514
because a determination that this calculated temperature estimate
is approaching or has exceeded the thermal specification causes a
transition to the throttle state, i.e., access is slowed down, or
“controlled.”
Thus, in our view, all of the limitations of instant claim 1
are met by Nizar.
Alternatively, as cited by the examiner, columns 11-12 of
Nizar describe the prediction (i.e., “estimate”) temperature of
the device by “summing” the power dissipated by various I/O
interfaces and then, based on calculations, it may be determined
that when a certain access speed is exceeded, the device
temperature limits are reached.
Appellants argue that a statement in the reference that
“package and die temperatures can be predicted” (column 11, line
55) does not describe any actual calculation of a temperature
estimate (principal brief-page 3). However, the claimed
“calculate a temperature estimate” is very broad, in that a
“determination” of a temperature may also be a calculation.
Thus, the determination of a temperature at column 3, lines
10-15, of Nizar may be a calculation of a temperature estimate.
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