US 12,093,196 B2
Power supply communications via a shared channel for performance management
Rob W. Sims, Forest Grove, OR (US); Aurelio Rodriguez Echevarria, Zapopan (MX); Jorge P. Rodriguez, Portland, OR (US); Phil R. Lehwalder, Hillsboro, OR (US); Sivasankarareddy Juturu, Bangalore (IN); and Stephen P. Eastman, Rocklin, CA (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/711,380.
Prior Publication US 2023/0315658 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/20 (2013.01) [G06F 2213/40 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a hardware interface comprising a plurality of conductive contacts, wherein the hardware interface is to couple a power supply to a printed circuit board (PCB) and is compatible with a power supply design standard comprising a pin-out definition, wherein, according to the pin-out definition, a first one of the plurality of conductive contacts is to be dedicated to communicating information of a first type, wherein the first type comprises a power consumption telemetry type;
first circuitry to determine first information of the first type;
second circuitry to determine second information of a second type, wherein the second type is other than the first type;
third circuitry coupled to each of the first circuitry, the second circuitry, and the hardware interface to send via the first conductive contact a communication comprising the first information and the second information, wherein the PCB comprises a connector to couple the PCB to the power supply, and
the connector is to be coupled to the hardware interface via an interconnect; and
an integrated circuit (IC) coupled to the PCB, wherein:
the IC is electrically coupled to the connector, and
the IC comprises fourth circuitry to receive the communication and to process the communication to identify the first information and the second information, wherein the power supply further comprises fifth circuitry coupled to the hardware interface and the third circuitry, the fifth circuitry to receive a request for the second information; and
the IC further comprises sixth circuitry to send, via the connector, a request to receive the second information.