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5.6.1
T
CONTROL
Improved acoustics and lower fan power can be achieved by understanding the
T
CONTROL
Table 5-3.
T
CONTROL
Condition
DTS ≤ T
CONTROL
DTS > T
CONTROL
5.6.1.1
Sign Convention and Temperature Filtering
Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS) and Tcontrol are relative die temperatures offset below
the Thermal Control Circuit (TCC) activation temperature. As such, negative sign
conventions are understood. While DTS and Tcontrol are available over PECI and MSR,
use of these values in fan speed control algorithms requires close attention to sign
convention. See
Table 5-4.
Sign Convention
DTS
T
CONTROL
Where a positive (+) sign convention is shown in
assigned, so writers of firmware code may mistakenly assign a positive sign convention
in firmware equations. As appropriate, a negative sign should be introduced.
Where a negative (-) sign convention is shown in
firmware code will read a negative sign convention in firmware equations, as desired.
DTS obtained thru MSR (PACKAGE_THERM_STATUS) is an instantaneous value. As
such, temperature readings over short time intervals may vary considerably using this
MSR. For this reason, DTS obtained thru PECI GetTemp() may be preferred since
temperature filtering will provide the thermal trend.
5.6.1.2
Tcontrol Relief
Factory configured T
Letter or may be extracted by issuing a Mailbox or an RDMSR instruction. See the
appropriate External Design Specification (EDS) for more information.
Due to increased thermal headroom based on thermal characterization on the latest
processors, customers have the option to reduce T
factory configured values.
In some situations, use of T
acoustics. There are no plans to change Intel's specification or the factory configured
T
CONTROL
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and DTS Relationship
and DTS relationship, and implementing fan speed control accordingly.
and DTS Relationship
Adjust fan speed to maintain DTS ≤ T
Adjust fan speed to keep T
EDS, or adjust fan speed to keep DTS at or below the DTS based thermal profile in
the EDS.
Table 5-4
for the sign convention of various sources.
MSR (BWG)
(+) using
PACKAGE_THERM_STATUS (22:16,
Digital Readout)
(+) using TEMPERATURE_TARGET
(15:8, Temperature Control Offset)
values are available in the appropriate Dear Customer
CONTROL
CONTROL
values on individual processors.
Fan Speed Control
.
CONTROL
at or below the T
CASE
PECI (EDS)
(-) using GetTemp()
(+) using Temperature Target Read
from RdPkgConfig()
Table
5-4, no sign bit is actually
Table
5-4, a sign bit is assigned, so
to values lower than the
CONTROL
Relief can reduce average fan power and improve
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2400 Product Family
Thermal Solutions
based thermal profile in the
CASE
Thermal/Mechanical Design Guide
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