	US 12,242,326 B2
	Rack level power throttling
Xiong Li, Santa Clara, CA (US); Xin Li, Cupertino, CA (US); Qiong Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US); Kaushik Vaidyanathan, Santa Clara, CA (US); Chenhao Nan, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Robert Ashby Armistead, III, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,600.
Prior Publication US 2024/0094799 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01)

CPC G06F 1/3296 (2013.01)

15 Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a first payload in communication with a rack configured to output voltage to the first payload, the first payload including one or more processors configured to:

detect a power throttling signal transmitted by the rack; and

delay, based on the power throttling signal, throttling power consumption of the first payload by a period of time, wherein a duration of the delay corresponds to at least one of:

an amount of time for all other payloads in the rack to detect the power throttling signal, or

an amount of time for all other payloads in the rack to acknowledge receipt of a power throttling signal.