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I cant read the temps with Coretemp. It gives me 50C idle which I don't believe. ASUS Probe says 26 idle. Load mid 50's @ 4GHz 1,4V. Coretemp says load 67C @ 4GHz. Remounted my cooler so I think its or the BIOS or the software that has the temps wrong. I'll just stick to 3875MHz 1,325V for a while till a good tool will come out.
My Q6600 was 53C stressed @ 3,4GHz, so the cooler is good imho... I think coretemp is wrong so i''l stick to the CPU temps that Probe give me. Seems most accurate to me.
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Lakeview family fun with swimming pool! Situated in a small family friendly central lake residence this self-catering property boasts modern lake view living and is perfectly located for enjoying all Lake Como activities, attractions and amenities.
The modern tiled apartment boasts a spacious and comfortable open plan living room furnished with sofas, a SAT TV, dining area and a ceiling fan for guest's comfort. Balcony doors lead directly out to a sunny private balcony terrace boasting incredible lake views and ideal for sunbathing and alfresco dining.
|Sleeps up to 4, 2 bedrooms
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|Acquaseria 1.4 km
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|Nearest airport: Milan - Malpensa 96km or Lugano - Agno 38 km, Nearest railway: Como - San Giovanni 42km or Varenna - Esino 12 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
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|DVD player
|Shared outdoor pool (unheated)
|Central heating, TV, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Washing machine
|2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 2 Family bathrooms
|Double beds (1), Single beds (2), Dining seats for 4, Lounge seats for 4
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Shared outdoor pool (unheated), Balcony or terrace
|Secure parking, Not suitable for wheelchair users
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The accommodation is perfect for small groups and families with a spacious master bedroom with double bed and a second twin bedroom furnished with two single beds.
The accommodation is completed by two newly fitted bathrooms. Bathroom one boats a power shower, bidet, wash basin, WC, heated towel rack and washing machine. Bathroom two features a bidet and WC.
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The modern residence boasts a fabulous sunny lake view swimming pool with sun terrace, the perfect way for you and your guests to relax and stay refreshed in the fabulous sunshine! A private garage also provided for guests' convenience.
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The Italian Lakes are a little slice of paradise. Elegant ribbons of blue water stretch out ahead, folded into the sun-baked foothills, with a spectacular back drop of the snow-capped Alps.
Lake Como offers hidden treasures just waiting for the visitor to discover them: charming corners forgotten by time, lakeside villages where nothing seems to have changed for centuries.
It is steeped in history with an immense collection of churches, architectural masterpieces and works of art covering the centuries. The lake is situated in a basin surrounded by wooded mountains, and offers an extremely varied landscape, with its' shores featuring a succession of pastures, and woods as well as harsh and impressive rock formations.
All this alongside elegant, lakeside villas with sub-tropical gardens, which provide a haven of peace and tranquility and chic resorts such as Varenna, Bellagio, Menaggio and Como itself.
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The most romantic and picturesque villages on the lake are Santa Maria Rezzonico, Varenna (15 min by ferry) & Bellagio (8 min by ferry), Lenno (visit Villa Balbianello, location for 007's Casino Royale as well as Villa Gaeta, right here in Menaggio) & Laglio (where George Clooney owns Villa Oleandra).
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The nearby resort town of Menaggio is a beautiful place to spend the day with an idyllic promenade, cafe-lined piazzas, a wide range of shops, a family friendly Lido with swimming pools, sandy beach and volley ball, a children's park and a car and passenger ferry service.
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San Siro (formally Santa Maria Rezzonico) - situated in one of the best spots on Lake Como, where the scenery of the lake and the mountains is something really special - a place where you can relax and enjoy the beauty and tranquility of the lake. There is a secluded lane in Rezzonico which stands out as the quintessential Lago di Como path. Entirely residential except for the Ristorante Lauro located about a third of the way down, the stone work of the walls and the patina of the cobbles exhibited the kind of character that only time can create and the love of people who live there can maintain.
Santa Maria di Rezzonico (as it was formally known) is a small town dominated by the remains of the Casrtello della Torre, a little more than 200 meters above the waters edge, of which remain only the foundations of the wall and a 14th century crenellated Tower.
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Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum says Carlos Marmol is out as closer and rookie Kyuji Fujikawa will take over the role. Marmol blew a save opportunity in Saturday's 6-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves when brothers B.J. and Justin Upton hit solo homers in the ninth inning. Sveum made the decision before Sunday's game. Fujikawa didn't fare much better in a three-run eighth that allowed Atlanta to cut the lead to 5-4, but Sveum says he has the makeup and repertoire of a closer. Fujikawa has 219 saves and a 1.77 ERA over 12 years with the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Central League. Sveum indicated that Marmol, who has a 27.00 ERA in three appearances this season, will try to work out his problems in a setup role.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia – She knew.
Carli Lloyd laid a cleat into a ball at midfield only 16 minutes into Sunday's World Cup final, and she knew where it would end up when she saw the shot in flight.
"I kinda did, yeah," the United States star midfielder said.
[Eric Adelson: Carli Lloyd leads U.S. to first World Cup title in 16 years]
The laser from 54 yards out arced high into the smoky air here in B.C. Place, glanced off the outstretched glove of Japan goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori and bounced off the post and into the net behind her. Lloyd had just authored one of the most memorable goals in American soccer history. It was the third goal of the first hat trick ever scored in a World Cup final, delivered in less time than it took most fans to walk from FanHQ to the stadium earlier in the day.
[FC Yahoo: Women's World Cup's winners and losers]
Now the world knows, too.
Carli Lloyd leads U.S. to Women's World Cup title in 5-2 win over JapanEric Adelson at Yahoo Sports 1 day ago
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The history of soccer in America will not be written without this name: Carli Lloyd.
[FC Yahoo: A perfectly unpredictable ending to U.S.'s confounding World Cup]
The United States star midfielder scored three times in the first half to vault the Americans to their third Women's World Cup title on Sunday with a 5-2 victory over Japan at B.C. Place. Lloyd scored from close, she scored from far and she scored a place in U.S. sports lore for a team that came together beautifully to vanquish all comers and now will stand aside the 1999 team as most cherished ever by a still-growing soccer nation.
[FC Yahoo: Women's World Cup's winners and losers]
The theme of the team has been "She believes" and Lloyd made everyone believe within the first five minutes of the match, redirecting a shot from Megan Rapinoe at three minutes and then knocking in a second goal two minutes later.
The one World Cup question left about the U.S. women's national teamEric Adelson at Yahoo Sports 2 days ago
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – This time is different.
That's the vow from the United States women's national team, four years after World Cup heartbreak in Germany.
"This team is different," Abby Wambach said on Friday. "There's an air of confidence."
[FC Yahoo: These U.S. players should want World Cup revenge the most against Japan]
There is an air of confidence, yes. It's palpable. The team is beaming, having to rein itself in from the anticipation of potentially overshadowing the 2011 World Cup loss and standing beside the "99ers" who won it all 16 years ago. This American side knows it is good enough to win, good enough to be a champion.
[Women's World Cup: Latest news | Scores and Schedule | Group standings]
"What's important," she said, "is to score first."
Reduced role doesn't stop Wambach from being USA's inspirational leaderEric Adelson at Yahoo Sports 3 days ago
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Kelley O'Hara has gone through what could be called The Abby Wambach Bench Experience.
The two sit at the end of the bench together during matches – the joke is they are cordoned off down there because they're both so vociferous – and it got so tense during the United States' semifinal victory over Germany that Wambach grabbed O'Hara's arm. Very tightly.
"Abby," O'Hara said, "do not injure me."
It hasn't been the easiest of Women's World Cups for Wambach, who arrived as the biggest name on the team (save perhaps Alex Morgan) and was relegated to the bench as the offense found its rhythm. She doesn't mind the lack of playing time so much as having to watch the fate of her biggest soccer dream playing out right in front of her. On Friday, she called her spectator role "nerve-wracking" and "brutal."
"It has taken years off my life," Wambach said to chuckles from the press.
It has been a lesson to her – to her teammates and to young soccer players – on how to step back with grace and leadership.
In a way, she has responded to those moments more off the field than on it.
Security at Women's World Cup not like it was for the men's tournamentEric Adelson at Yahoo Sports 5 days ago
MONTREAL – For American fans, the Women's World Cup has been a fabulous tournament: hospitable cities, drivable distances from the U.S., mild summer weather, and a string of wins for the U.S. It's easy to notice how comfortable the entire event has been.
But is it too comfortable? Security at the venues has been less stringent than anything fans will encounter at an NFL stadium, and certainly more relaxed than at the men's World Cup or at the Olympics.
"Pretty easy," said John Weaver of West Lafayette, Indiana, who was in Ottawa for the U.S. quarterfinal match against China. "Slipped right through. We didn't have anything checked."
There was a bag check at the Ottawa venue, but fans weren't ushered through metal detectors, and the use of the electronic wand has been intermittent.
"This would be a bad situation for terrorism," Weaver said.
Gerstenecker said if this was a men's World Cup, the protocol would be "full mag, full bag," meaning every single fan would be wanded and every single bag would be checked, whereas in the women's event, the wand use is based on an undisclosed random system of choosing who to flag.
Jill Ellis deserves credit for U.S. run to World Cup final, but how much?Eric Adelson at Yahoo Sports 5 days ago
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Becky Sauerbrunn got off the cross-country flight on Wednesday, tired but energized by the United States' semifinal upset of Germany on Tuesday. She smiled into a gaggle of cameras and was asked about the pregame speeches of head coach Jill Ellis.
[Yahoo Sports Radio: Carli Lloyd on growing support for U.S. women's soccer]
"They're really inspirational," she said. "She's really pumped up before every game."
That is quite the departure from the Ellis we have come to know over the last few weeks at the Women's World Cup. Her press conferences are reserved, with just a trace of sardonic humor. Maybe she'll offer a wink and a smirk if sharing a joke. Mostly she returns barbs with shrugs. Last Friday, when asked by a German reporter about a "terrible" call that benefited her U.S. side, Ellis stared out into the crowd and said flatly, "Between the 18s, we're a very good team."
It turns out that Ellis had more in her arsenal than a few bland quotes. She had speeches, she had wisdom and she had an 11th-hour surprise that may have put her team over the top.
Julie Johnston's wonderful World Cup nearly ruined by defensive mistakeEric Adelson at Yahoo Sports 6 days ago
MONTREAL – Long after it happened, it looked like Julie Johnston wanted to cry all over again.
She walked into the media area after the United States' 2-0 semifinal win against Germany and faced the reporters' questions she knew she would get – about the mistake that could have led to her team's ouster from the Women's World Cup.
[FC Yahoo: Questionable calls go USA's way in semifinal win over Germany]
"Definitely emotional," she said, offering a smile. "Definitely screwed up. Definitely apologetic."
[Women's World Cup: Latest news | Scores and Schedule | Group standings]
Johnston said she was so upset that she was "trying to breathe."
U.S. advances to Women's World Cup final with 2-0 win over GermanyEric Adelson at Yahoo Sports 6 days ago
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MONTREAL – Captain Carli, Captain America.
Carli Lloyd did it again, burying a penalty kick, hurling a Jersey-branded cussword into the bedlam and then setting up Kelley O'Hara for the clinching goal as the United States beat favored Germany 2-0 to advance to the Women's World Cup final on Sunday in Vancouver.
[FC Yahoo: Questionable calls go USA's way in semifinal win over Germany]
Lloyd's first highlight came only a few moments after Germany's lowlight, as Celia Sasic completely missed the net on her own penalty kick. That was the difference in the match, as the American defense locked it down for yet another shutout. Hope Solo and Co. have still only allowed one goal in the entire tournament.
"It's a spectacular stat, to be honest," head coach Jill Ellis said of the shutout streak, now at a remarkable 513 minutes.
"We did a good job getting behind their back line," Morgan said. "We could have exploited them a lot more."
Why Hope Solo should break her media silence at Women's World CupEric Adelson at Yahoo Sports 7 days ago
MONTREAL – Hope Solo has done one exclusive interview since the start of the Women's World Cup. It took place in Winnipeg and it was conducted by Julianna Raposo.
Raposo is an eighth grader. She is 13.
The interview came about because Raposo's physical education teacher at Henry G. Izatt Middle School in Manitoba sent a tweet to Solo months ago to inform her that one of his students could use some confidence and inspiration. "She was a little bit lost," said the teacher, Blue Jay Bridge. "She was in an emotional place." Solo, the United States' star goalkeeper, is Raposo's favorite athlete, so much so that she had written H-O-P-E S-O-L-O across her fingers. ("I thought it was Han Solo," Bridge said.)
[Women's World Cup: Latest news | Scores and Schedule | Group standings]
So she decided to send an email to her teammates and open up even more.
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Michael Sam back on CFL journey after dealing with 'personal matters'Eric Adelson at Yahoo Sports 7 days ago
MONTREAL – The coaches left the locker room, closed the door, and allowed Michael Sam to have a few moments in front of his teammates.
Sam addressed the Montreal Alouettes on Sunday night, telling them he was sorry for leaving the group, he needed some time to take care of his personal life, and now he is back and fully committed.
When he finished speaking, he got a rousing ovation.
Sam dreamed of Dallas or St. Louis or some other NFL city, but Montreal is likely a detour worth taking. In fact, becoming the first openly gay player in the CFL is probably his only way to get a real shot at becoming the first openly gay player to get a roster spot in the NFL. The NFL veterans combine in Arizona last spring showed some of Sam's combine issues – a little slow, a little small – and here on this field with two 50-yard lines and a premium on end rushing, he can prove himself as a player who can close space using his instincts as well as his feet. Game tape has always been Sam's best ally, and he can create plenty of it here on a professional level.
This may be Michael Sam's last chance, but it is still a pretty good chance.


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Two buzzwords at the first Internet Retailer Mobile Commerce Forum held this week in Chicago have been Near Field Communications and augmented reality. Although several speakers uttered the phrases, they were mainly mentioned in passing, with little description of what the technologies are and how they relate or will relate to mobile.
So, let's start with a little vocabulary lesson.
NFC, which stands for Near Field Communication, is a technology that enables phones (or other items, such as credit cards) to interact with objects—such as posters and payment terminals—from just a few feet away.
Augmented reality uses the capabilities of a mobile phone to enhance a presentation, such as using the camera to identify a consumer's location and then sending her a coupon to a nearby store.
My experience (and granted I didn't sit in every session) was that most of the time the two technologies were mentioned in the ever-popular "conclusion slide," as showing promise for the future. But I never heard examples of either technology being used in the U.S. today for mobile marketing or commerce.
I do know that eBay is using a rudimentary version of augmented reality in one of its mobile apps that enables shoppers to place articles of clothing atop pictures of themselves on their mobile phones. But that's about all I've got.
NFC on the other hand, I have a little more experience with. It was favorite term in the space I covered at my first job out of school, writing about card-based payments, ATMs and banking for a Chicago-based business publication. Bigger in Japan and Europe, the technology is moderately used there for making payments with a mobile device by tapping or waving the phone in front of a properly equipped terminal. Although it's been a topic of conversation for years among mobile and payment techies here, the trend has yet to catch on much in the States.
So, what do these two technologies mean for mobile? I've got a lot buzz here and little to back it up. Do you readers have any examples of either technology being used today in the U.S. for mobile? Do any of you still believe NFC has a future in U.S. mobile payments despite the technology being around for years with little adoption? Do you agree with many of our Mobile Commerce Forum speakers that both these technologies will play a big role in the future of mobile commerce? If so, how? Feel free to share your vivid, compelling examples in the comment box below.
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Not sure why the Baltimore Ravens official Twitter account went off on the Miami Heat for their supposed poorly attended championship parade, but whatever the reason may be, there's no denying they were flat out trolling the Heat and their fans, and we thank them for it… #BALTIMORE sure knows how to throw a party!!! #WorldChamps #Ravens pic.twitter.com/iEGWseLkBD — Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) June 25, 2013 Heat fans will argue that the picture has either been doctored to make it look like the there was little more than what could be deemed a small gathering of people, or that the angle of the photo conveniently leaves out the hundreds of thousands that showed up en masse to cheer on the 2013 NBA champs. I prefer to believe that the majority of Miami's supporters left early thinking they had somehow lost Game 7 again and were unsuccessfully trying to get back in to the parade when they found out otherwise. [@Ravens] The post Ravens' Twitter account trolls Miami Heat's poorly attended championship parade appeared first on Last Angry Fan.
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In 2014, for the fifth consecutive year, the BMW 3-Series was America's top-selling premium brand vehicle.
And now for the qualifying statements.
The "car" that topped the premium brand leaderboard in 2014 was the 3-Series and 4-Series. That's the way BMW USA chose to release their sales figures when the 3-Series nameplate divested itself of key assets in the fall of 2013. In a sense then, this is the way it's always been, since the 4-Series used to be part of the 3-Series family.
• 3-Series hasn't been outsold in premium category since 2009
• 3-Series/4-Series generate four out of every ten U.S. BMW sales
• 3-Series/4-Series was America's 16th-best-selling car in 2014
However, the 4-Series lineup has expanded to include very 3-Series-like cars like the 4-Series Gran Coupe even as the 3-Series lineup expanded to include not just a sedan and a wagon but also a hatchback, the 3-Series Gran Turismo.
After taking a sales hit due to tsunami-related production woes, Lexus has been trying to regain their mojo with a new product offensive. Things started out with the new Lexus GS sedan that Jack Baruth and I loved on and off the track, followed by a revised RX. With the redesigned IS, the bulk of their lineup has been overhauled. Initially, I was a little concerned that the Lexus IS sedan would receive nothing more than a new nose and some LED lights for 2014 but the Japanese 3-Series fighter came out swinging when we were invited to the launch event earlier in the year. I came away impressed with the IS 350's road manners, but most buyers will be shopping for the less powerful IS 250 and it's taken us this long to get our hands on one.
The mid-sized mass-market luxury car segment is defined by the BMW 3 Series. Jaguar once tried to enter that segment with the X Type, but the "mini XJ" never caught on, in part because it was derided as a badge engineered Ford Mondeo. According to Automotive News The C-X17 crossover concept revealed in Frankfurt this week is based on a new all-aluminum platform that will underpin a "range of future Jaguars", the most important of which will be a mid-sized sedan to again take on the BMW 3 and its competitors. Jaguar has a core competency in aluminum construction and having the first all-aluminum car in the C and D segments will be a selling point for the new models. While Jaguar Land Rover's current sales are the strongest the British car maker has had, JLR's owners, Tata, are hoping that JLR will reach three quarters of a million units by 2020 and ultimately joining the ranks of automakers selling a million or more cars a year. To do that Jaguar needs a volume product, the most logical being a mid-sizer. With CUVs sales booming, a crossover based on the C-X17 will also help reach that volume. While differentiating between a Jaguar crossover and the Land Rover lineup will be an issue, Jaguar does say that the CUV will have some off-road capabilities. (Read More…)
Back in April, we reported on relatively high incentives for the Cadillac ATS, which were discovered in the midst of some fact-checking on a blatant puff piece on the brand by Bloomberg. Months later, none other than Automotive News has caught on, with their own story about the baby Cadillac's high pricing and the resulting incentives being offered.
230 horsepower and 3362 lbs doesn't sound very impressive on paper. But that's the last reason anyone buys a BMW 328i. I admit that in my numbers-obsessed adolescence, I was skeptical of the promise of a silky-smooth I6 and the intangible promise of perfect poise and balance. Why not just go straight for the 335i? And then I drove one.
The next-generation Mercedes-Benz C-Class, due in 2015, will be getting a full lineup of variants to help it better compete against the BMW 3-Series.
TTAC readers looking for a more pro-GM news source may want to check out Bloomberg for their next dose of pro-GM news. A story on Cadillac's revived fortunes contains all kinds of enthusiastic copy and positive quotes, but still manages to bury the lede way down at the bottom of the story.
Want a BMW manual diesel wagon for under $10k? You can buy one right now, on Ebay (via Bring A Trailer), and if you live in Canada, you can legally register it.
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Sweet And Sour Pork Shoulder
3 Feb 2010
|Lean pork shoulder
|1 1⁄2 Pound
|Salad oil/Shortening
|2 Tablespoon
|Canned pineapple chunks
|36 Ounce (Medium Sized Can)
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Brown sugar
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs), firmly packed
|2 Tablespoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1 Tablespoon
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), sliced
|Green pepper
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs), sliced
It is best to prepare this attractive entree entirely at home and reheat it at the picnic site.
Cut meat in strips about 1/2 inch wide and 2 or 3 inches long.
Brown in hot oil; drain off any excess fat.
Drain syrup from the pineapple, add enough water to make 1 1/2 cups liquid, and combine with the vinegar, sugar, cornstarch, salt, and soy.
Cook just until clear and slightly thickened.
Add to meat; cover and simmer until tender, about 1 hour.
Add pineapple chunks, onion, and green pepper; cook just until vegetables are crisp-tender.
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As per reports, it has been revealed that You Tube has been asked by a German court in Hamburg that it is responsible for the content its users put on You Tube website. There are chances that it might have to pay royalties to company, which holds video rights.
They have also warned them that the website should take care that no such video gets posted by its users, whose rights are held by a music-royalties collecting body. It is not the first time when such incident has happened where the court has taken the side of a local company.
The Hamburg state court took the side of Germany's GEMA and asked Google's You Tube to be cautious for the next time. It has to be seen how much penalty is charged on them. It has been found that GEMA represents 60,000 German writers and musicians, and it was very important to win this lawsuit.
Google's You Tube is charged for 12 temporarily uploaded music videos, and the GEMA said that You Tube has not paid them any kind of royalty for uploading these video. However, You Tube is not ready to accept that they are responsible for the videos that are being uploaded on its website.
They further affirmed that they try their best to remove such content from their website. However, it is not possible for them to do it every time. In addition, it has been found that Google has agreed to negotiate with GEMA. It is said that both the companies might held talks in regard to copyright content. If things work out, then it is possible that Google's You Tube gets an escape from paying the royalty.
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Colleen's First Fish! A Carson Pegasus Rainbow
Two years ago to the day, I met Colleen Rose Campbell when I was in Grande Prairie for the Canadian Fly Fishing Championships. I've never been the same since!
Since that time, we've talked about getting Colleen into her first fish. We haven't had a ton of opportunity to go fly fishing together, but today, we thought we'd head up to Carson Pegasus Provincial Park, just north of Whitecourt, Alberta and see if we could get ourselves into some rainbow trout. We had orginally planned to go up in the afternoon and rent a canoe. However, when we arrived, we were advised that canoe rentals needed to be returned at this time of the year before 5PM.
So that wasn't worth it, and we decided we'd try fly fishing from off the docks and shoreline. We learned that McLeod Lake had been stocked today – depending on the reports, with 45,000 or over 100,000 rainbow trout fingerlings. And those small fish were quite active just off the boat docks, jumping and likely enjoying all this, to them, brand new open water.
I tied on Viva Zonkers to both my line and Colleen's. I was disappointed we weren't able to get out further on the lake with a canoe, but thought we might as well make the best of it and see what we could do.
Well, those brand new stocked fish sure liked the Viva Zonker, but couldn't quite get their mouth around it. I had a ton of hits to the fly – almost every cast, and could see at times, several small rainbow trout following the fly and trying to grab it as I retrieved.
I figured that we had a very good chance to get Colleen into her very first fish – but we'd have to use something smaller and skinnier than the Zonker. So I tied on this Chironomid pattern and showed Colleen how to fish it. I then continued having fun with the small newly stocked rainbows that wanted to eat a leech.
A few minutes later, I looked over at Colleen's rod and noticed that there seemed to be some bending of the tip section – not a huge amount.. but something. "Hey Darlin'… do you have a fish on there?" I asked.
"Do I?!?" Colleen responded. She retrieved her line a little more.
"I do!! I do!!" she exclaimed with glee and excitement. "I do have a fish on, Ian!"
It was likely the very first time that little 5″ rainbow had ever been hooked, and it fought valiantly but couldn't resist Colleen's determination to catch her first fish! And I was pretty excited as well, despite the small size, we both were very excited – that Colleen had finally caught a fish! On a fly rod as well.
The photo above was taken quickly and the fish released back into the lake. Then a wee celebratory toast from the famous flask (Colleen didn't even grimace this time, sipping Black Bush).
The action slowed down after that, so we decided to try some nymphs, but nothing. Then, I put the Malteser to work. This ugly and very poorly tied fly seems to catch fish everywhere for me. And sure enough, Colleen caught her second fish! About the same size as the first one.
The joy in Colleen's eyes and smile – it was like a kid catching their first and second fish on the same day. I'm pretty sure my smile was pretty big too!
Shortly after, I thought we mght have some fun with a dry fly. The small rainbows seemed to be taking midges off the surface – would they jump for anything? I tied on a size 20 Caddis just to see, and we had a blast watching the fish jumping and trying to take the fly. Some of them even managed to get hooked, and I brought probably four or five to hand while quite a few more entertained us with their acrobatics and frenzy for trying to eat dry flies.
I had pretty much resigned myself to thinking that all we were going to get today at Carson Pegasus were these small newly stocked fish. However, I thought we should try some of the water off another dock just to see. I'm glad we did!
I tied a Viva Zonker back on to the leader, and at first, felt the little tugs of small fish trying to consume it. It was still fun and entertaining.
And then…. "Whoa! Colleen!! This is NOT one of those small fish!" as I felt a vicious strike to the fly. My rod bent over and I was a little more than surprised to see a good size rainbow trying to dive down to the depths of the lake before coming back up and jumping trying to shake the hook.
After several minutes, and some panicky moments when the rainbow headed for the underside of the dock, I finally landed the approximately 3 pound 'bow with some very beautiful colourings in it.
The one thing I've noticed about rainbow trout from Northern Alberta lakes is their "football" shape. They seem to have huge girths for their length. This fish was 17 inches long and had a girth of 10 1/4 inches.
All in all, even though there was the initial disappointment about the canoe rental, Colleen and I had an awesome "2 year anniversary" celebration.
Happy Anniversary, Colleen – and thank you for a great day!! I am so glad you caught your first… and second .. fish with me!
21 Responses to "Colleen's First Fish! A Carson Pegasus Rainbow"
That's a nice story!! Glad your girlfriend caught her first fish with you on the 2nd aniver. Whatchas gonna do for the third one?
Thanks for the comment, George. Not sure yet about the third one. We'll see!
Nice one! I should be so lucky!
Just came across this from a link at another website. Awesome story – great memory for you both. May there be lots of fishing together for you both and congratulations Colleen on your first and second fish.
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If the Reds were to play and win while the Cardinals have a day off (not possible this season, since the Cards have no off days remaining), then the Reds would have won and the number decreases by one.
If both win on the same day, then the Reds have won and the number decreases by one.
If the Reds win and the Cardinals lose (or if the Reds beat the Cards like they did on Saturday), then the number decreases by two--one for the Reds win, and one for the Cards loss.
I posted all four of these in part to show how the road uniform had changed over time.
Tommy Helms is now on deck.
Ted Kluszewski/Benito Santiago are in the hole.
Barry Larkin was vocal about not wanting to bat first, and both Reggie Sanders and Ron Gant were middle-of-the-order hitters. Thomas Howard and Jerome Walton weren't slow, but they weren't 30+ SB threats like Lewis.
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Classic Draw Sets Strategy in Motion
The $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic should have enough star appeal with Uncle Mo and Havre de Grace to create a great deal of interest nationwide. But the 1 1/4-mile event is far from a two-horse race.
Thirteen top-class horses were entered Oct. 31, with Horse of the Year honors on the line for Havre de Grace, Stay Thirsty , Flat Out , and Game On Dude. A victory by any of them would all but assure an Eclipse Award.
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The son of Indian Charlie drew post 12 under John Velazquez, with only To Honor and Serve , another fast horse who wants to be on or near the lead, outside of him. That means both horses will have to break sharply in order to get a good position and not get hung wide on the first turn.
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Havre de Grace, second choice at 3-1, drew post 10, putting three brilliant horses close to each other, making for a competitive opening quarter-mile. In fact, the horse who is expected to outrun everyone, Game On Dude, drew post 8, which will enable his jockey, Chantal Sutherland, to dictate positioning by either cutting over to the inside or floating Havre de Grace,
"This horse is doing great right now and he will be on the lead," said co-owner Bernie Schiappa, who owns Game On Dude with Joe Torre's Diamond Pride, Lanni Family Trust, and Mercedes Stable.
As for the other top contenders, Flat Out, a generous 6-1 on the morning line, drew post 2, while the European invader So You Think, third choice at 5-1, drew well in post 5.
"He's doing as well as he could be possibly be doing," Pletcher said following the draw. "He has settled in really well. It's a tall order, but he's come a long way since May."
As for entrymate Stay Thirsty, who drew post 9 and is 12-1 on the morning line, Pletcher said: "He's doing great and he's super sharp. His energy level is high, and he might have a lot to say about the end of it."
When the post positions were drawn, Rick Porter, owner of Havre de Grace, was quick and to the point. "I like where we are," he said. "Perfect."
No winners would be more popular than Flat Out and his 70-year-old trainer Charles "Scooter" Dickey. "He's sharp right now (following a blistering :58 3/5 work Oct. 30) and he's in very good shape. It's starting to get exciting," Dickey said.
What makes this renewal of the Classic even more interesting is that the race drew three horses that have competed in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I), including the past two winners, Drosselmeyer and Ruler On Ice. Drosselmeyer is trained by Bill Mott, who also has To Honor and Serve, winner of the Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) in his last start.
The race also attracted the first-, second-, and fourth-place finishers of this year's Travers Stakes (gr. I), as well as Prayer For Relief, winner of three graded
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We're in the worst time of year for Utah's air quality. That's why a group of Utah moms are banding together to stand up and demand cleaner air for the future.
Utah's air is always a concern, but this weekend the Utah Clean Air Fair will teach everyone ways we can all make a positive difference on the problem.
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KISS guitarist Frehley's NY home goes up in flames
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - A suburban New York house owned by former KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley has gone up in flames.
The Journal News reports that firefighters were called to the stone house in the town of Yorktown Heights late Saturday morning.
The home was heavily damaged, with flames burning through the roof.
The newspaper says the musician had been fighting foreclosure on the property in Westchester County Court.
The Red Cross helped a resident with emergency lodging. A neighbor says a caretaker had been living in the home.
It was not clear where the 62-year-old founding member of the famed rock band was at the time of the blaze.
He played with the group until 2002, during what was billed as their farewell tour.
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The St. Johns River flows through this 9,406-acre lake. The city of Sanford borders the southern shoreline. Public access can be utilized off the Seminole County side of the intersection of Highway 17/92 and I-4; the north side of the lake off of Enterprise Road; and at Monroe Harbor Marina in downtown Sanford. Private access and more recent fishing information can be obtained from Lake Monroe Inn Bait & Tackle (407-322-3108), Highbanks Marina and Camp Resort (386-668-4491), or Best Western Marina (407-323-1910).For further information please contact our Regional Office at 352-732-1225.
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A system and method for real-time power estimation. A core may be divided into units. Each unit is simulated to achieve a real power consumption characterization. The power consumption is sampled. Statistical analysis is performed that assumes the core has node capacitance switching behavior that is approximated by a stationary random process with a Poisson distribution. The statistical analysis determines the number of samples to take during a sample interval. The operational frequency, sample interval, and number of samples are used to determine the number of signals to sample. Signals are chosen that have a high correlation with the node capacitance switching behavior, such as clock enable signals on the last stage of a clock distribution system. Weights with tuned values are assigned to each sampled signal. Sampling occurs during every predetermined number of clock cycles. The weights of asserted sampled signals are summed in order to determine a repeatable power estimation value.
1. A system comprising:
a functional block configured to convey data corresponding to each of a predetermined number of sampled signals, wherein the predetermined number of sampled signals comprises one or more clock gater enable signals;
a weight table configured to store a predetermined weight value for each of the predetermined number of sampled signals;
a power monitor configured to:
receive said data and access a corresponding weight value from the weight table for each of the predetermined number of sampled signals;
sum the weight values of the sampled signals that have a corresponding logic high value; and
determine a power estimate number based on said sum;
a power manager configured to convey voltage and frequency adjustments to the functional block to alter power consumption behavior within the functional block, responsive to the power estimate number.
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10. A method comprising:
conveying data from a functional block, the data corresponding to each of a predetermined number of sampled signals, wherein the predetermined number of sampled signals comprises one or more clock gater enable signals;
accessing a weight table configured to store a predetermined weight value for each of the predetermined number of sampled signals;
receiving said data in a power monitor and using a corresponding weight value from the weight table for each of the predetermined number of sampled signals;
summing the weight values of the sampled signals that have a corresponding logic high value;
determining a power estimate number based on said sum; and
conveying voltage and frequency adjustments to the functional block to alter power consumption behavior within the functional block, responsive to the power estimate number.
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17. A power monitor comprising:
an interface configured to communicate with a functional block and a power manager, wherein said interface is configured to receive data corresponding to each of a predetermined number of sampled signals, wherein the predetermined number of sampled signals comprises one or more clock gater enable signals;
a weight table configured to store a predetermined weight value for each of the predetermined number of sampled signals;
a weight accumulator configured to sum the weight values of the sampled signals that have a logic high value;
circuitry configured to determine a power estimate number based on said sum; and
a chain control configured to convey the power estimate number to the power manager, wherein the power estimate number is translated from the sum of the weight values.
18. The power monitor as recited in
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to electronic circuits, and more particularly, to an efficient method of repeatable accurate real-time power estimation.
2. Description of the Relevant Art
The power consumption of modern integrated circuits (IC's) has become an increasing design issue with each generation of semiconductor chips. Increased IC power consumption directly affects the cost of building a system. As power consumption increases, more costly cooling systems such as larger fans and heat sinks must be utilized in order to remove excess heat and prevent IC failure. However, cooling systems increase the system cost. The IC power dissipation constraint is not only an issue for portable computers and mobile communication devices, but also for high-performance superscalar microprocessors, which may include multiple processor cores, or cores, and multiple pipelines within a core.
The power consumption of IC's, such as modern complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chips, is proportional to the expression αfCV2. The symbol α is the switching factor, or the probability a node will charge up or discharge during a clock cycle. The symbol f is the operational frequency of the chip. The symbol C is the equivalent capacitance, or the switching capacitance, to be charged or discharged in a clock cycle. The symbol V is the operational voltage of the chip. In an attempt to reduce the power consumption of the chip, and to reduce the electrostatic fields within the transistors, the power supply voltage V may be decreased. There is a limit to the power supply voltage reduction, since this reduction decreases the amount of current that may flow through a transistor and, thus, increases the propagation delays through transistors. If the threshold voltages are reduced in order to turn-on the transistors at an earlier time and aid in maintaining performance, then transistor leakage current increases. An increase in transistor leakage current both increases power consumption and the potential for logic failure.
The geometric dimensions of devices and metal routes on each generation of cores are decreasing. Superscalar designs increase the density of integrated circuits on a die with multiple pipelines, larger caches, and more complex logic. Therefore, the number of nodes that may switch per clock cycle significantly increases. Operational frequencies have been increasing with each generation too. The switching factor, α, may decrease for certain blocks or units in the chip by disabling the clock to these areas during periods of non-use. Therefore, although the operational voltage and switching factor may be decreasing with each generation of ICs, the other terms in the IC power consumption expression are increasing and cause an overall increase in power consumption. Some solutions to this power consumption increase include both microarchitectural and circuit-level techniques.
These design techniques are aided by efforts to estimate the power consumption in real-time. For example, while running an application or applications, if the real-time power consumption of a core is both known and conveyed to a power manager, then the power manager may alter the operational supply voltage, the operational frequency, or both in order to increase performance during low power consumption periods, or to decrease power consumption during high power consumption periods.
Real-time power estimation may be achieved by a monitor measuring the switching capacitance on a die during a particular clock cycle. A node capacitance, Cac, comprises both the switched, or ac, capacitance, and the effective capacitance resulting from crossover current. For a given part, leakage current is fixed when operation has reached the temperature limit. This leakage value can be accounted for by a fused-in power offset based on measurements at test time. Attempts to take advantage of temperature induced variations in leakage current is not encouraged due to repeatability reasons discussed below. Therefore, what is needed in order to obtain an accurate real-time estimation of the chip's power is the operational supply voltage, which is set digitally, the operational frequency, which is known, the fused-in leakage value found during testing, and a measurement of the number of nodes in the design switched in a particular clock cycle along with the node capacitance, Cac. The latter term, Cac, is not a straight-forward value to measure on a semiconductor chip.
An on-chip monitor may attempt to measure the switching node capacitance, Cac. The monitor may measure the instruction issue rate within a core or within a processor with multiple cores. Accuracy increases if the behavior of major components such as the instruction issue queue, the reorder buffer, the physical register files, the execution units, and other, and their respective interactions are monitored. However, sampling the hundreds of signals to accomplish this task provides a huge overhead in additional metal routes, increased circuitry, and added power consumption.
Further, a monitor and subsequent response mechanism, such as a power manager, need to be deterministic. In other words, the monitor and mechanism need to provide the same results, or frequency changes, from part-to-part, system-to-system, and run-to-run. The reason for this requirement is Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) using the processor in one of their systems need to provide performance guarantees to customers. Customers and OEMs need to replicate the benchmarks and performance measures at different times and in different locations. If this replication can not be done within a tight tolerance (i.e. +/−1.5%), then the monitor and response mechanism need to be turned off. Now the monitor and mechanism take up area on the die without performing useful work to improve performance and power savings.
Analog sensors, such as temperature sensors and/or an ammeter, are able to provide accurate power estimations, but all of them are environment dependent. Variations in fabrication processes, ambient temperature, power supplies, and the quality of the heat removal solution alter the measurements of analog sensors.
In view of the above, efficient methods and mechanisms for providing an accurate digital real-time power estimation of an IC are desired.
Systems and methods for accurate real-time power estimation are contemplated.
In one embodiment, a system is provided comprising a functional block, a power monitor, and a power manager. The power manager is configured to, in response to a power estimate number, convey operational voltage and frequency adjustments to the functional block in order to reverse power consumption behavior within the functional block. The functional block is configured to store a logic value for each of a predetermined number of sampled signals and convey the logic values to the power monitor. The power monitor is configured to store a weight value for each of the predetermined number of sampled signals, to sum the weight values of the only the sampled signals that have a stored logic value of a logic high value, and to convey the power estimate number to the power manager, wherein the power estimate number is translated from the sum of the weight values.
In another aspect of the invention, a method is provided to, in response to a power estimate number, convey operational voltage and frequency adjustments in order to reverse power consumption behavior. There is storage of a logic value for each of a predetermined number of sampled signals. There is also storage of a weight value for each of the predetermined number of sampled signals. An accumulation follows of the weight values of only the sampled signals that have a stored logic value of a logic high value. The power estimate number is translated from the sum of the weight values and is conveyed to a power manager.
In another aspect of the invention, a power monitor is provided comprising an interface configured to communicate with a functional block and a power manager. A weight table stores a weight value for each of the predetermined number of sampled signals. A weight accumulator sums the weight values of only the sampled signals that have a stored logic value of a logic high value. A chain control conveys a power estimate number to the power manager, wherein the power estimate number is translated from the sum of the weight values.
These and other embodiments will be appreciated upon reference to the following description and accompanying figures.
While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments are shown by way of example in the drawings and are herein described in detail. It should be understood, however, that drawings and detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, one having ordinary skill in the art should recognize that the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known circuits, structures, and techniques have not been shown in detail to avoid obscuring the present invention.
Referring to
A functional block 110 may include transistors configured to perform logic functions, data storage, or other. For power management purposes, functional block 110 may be divided into units 112 a-112 d. As used herein, elements referred to by the numeral followed by a letter may be collectively referred to by the numeral alone. For example, units 112 a-112 d may be collectively referred to as units 112. In one embodiment, units 112 may not correspond to functional components, such as a reorder buffer, a memory management unit, an execution unit, or other of a processor. Rather, units 112 may be selected based on the types of signals that need to be sampled for power management purposes. For example, clock enable signals routed to local clock distribution blocks may be the signals chosen to be sampled.
The selection of which signals to sample during a particular clock cycle may correspond to how well the selection correlates to the amount of switching node capacitance, Cac. A further description of the sample signal choice is provided later. The selected clock enable signals may overlap functional blocks in the floorplan. Therefore, the division separating, for example, unit 112 a and 112 b may not correspond to a division in the floorplan. Units 112 are units that consume power and this power is to be measured in real-time.
In one embodiment, Power Monitor 130 may be used to collect data from units 112, such as the logic values of all the predetermined sampled signals. After collecting the data, Power Monitor 130 may calculate a power consumption estimation. One Monitor Control 132 may correspond to each Unit 132. In alternative embodiments, a Monitor Control 132 may collect data for two or more Units 112 and calculate a total power estimation for those Units 112. In yet another embodiment, one Monitor Control 132 (i.e. Control 132 a) may have a signal interface with one or more other Monitor Controls 132 (i.e. Controls 132 b-132 d) in order to collect data from the one or more Monitor Controls 132 (i.e. Controls 132 b-132 d). Then a power estimation for the one or more Monitor Controls 132 may be calculated.
Signals Sample 120 and Dataout 122 are control and data signals used for power management purposes. The interface signals between Power Monitor 110 and Functional Block 130 may comprise any necessary number of signals and communication protocols. In one embodiment, the control signal Sample 120 may be asserted for a single clock cycle only during a chosen repeating interval, such as every 100 clock cycles. In one embodiment, at a predetermined number of clock cycles after the control signal Sample 120 is asserted, the data signal Dataout 122 may begin providing a logic value for a different sampled signal each clock cycle. In other words, the data signal Dataout 122 may be used to scan out a chain of values comprising the logic values of the sampled signals at a particular cycle. Also, in other embodiments, there may not be a single pair of signals between each Monitor Control 132 and Unit 112 pair. In an alternative embodiment, additional signals may be included in order for a Monitor Control 132 to poll a Unit 112, for a Unit 112 to acknowledge to a Monitor Control 132 that it is ready to convey output data.
Once Power Monitor 130 calculates an accurate real-time power estimation from the data received from Functional Block 110, then Power Monitor 130 has determined the power profile of the currently running application(s). This determination is conveyed to Power Manager 140. Now the Power Manager 140 has an ability to decrease (or increase) power if the application is above (below) a threshold limit.
If a high power application or virus is executed on core 102, Power Manager 140 comprises circuitry configured to make adjustments to the operating voltage, the operational frequency, or both. For applications with an average power above a limit set for Cac, the operational frequency needs to be reduced. However, lower limits set for Cac allow the part to be binned at a higher frequency since it's guaranteed that no application will switch more than the Cac limit.
As mentioned before, one manner to estimate the core switching power is measuring the instruction issue rate. Unfortunately, for some embodiments of a core that may have many specialized operations, it is unlikely to have a few simple methods for estimating node capacitance, Cac, switching in a clock cycle due to data widths, performance enhancing circuitry, cache behavior uncertainties, one of many branch prediction methods, and so forth. In order to accurately estimate Cac from a few uncorrelated signals, those signals are not known until a decent power model is designed and a broad set of applications have run through it for signal power correlation checks. By that time it's too late to modify the design by trying to add the requisite signal sampling circuitry in the needed locations.
On the other hand, it is possible to sample a broad set of signals in the design that have a significant impact on power estimation. This approach may over-sample signals since many of the signals are likely correlated, and some signals may only have a small impact on power. However, if the design cost of somewhat over-sampling is small, such as with an efficient implementation, then an increase in the confidence of an accurate Cac monitor may increase significantly with this approach.
As mentioned before, sampling hundreds of signals in the design that have a non-trivial impact on Cac would be a significant design cost in terms of overhead in wires, circuitry, and even power consumption if the monitoring were done at full operational frequency. However, it is possible to take advantage of the fact that a Cac estimation that leads to a power estimation only needs to respond in thermal time frames, which is in the range of milliseconds. This time frame allows an estimation to use millions of cycles over which to determine an average Cac. In fact, if an estimation and subsequent response occurred too quickly, and responded to short term periods of high activity in an application, then the response may throttle the core. Then the performance may be reduced unnecessarily. An estimation needs to monitor the average power of the application over longer periods of time upon which the subsequent response and possible throttling is based. However, if the sample interval is extended to millions of cycles, the sigma, or standard deviation, of samples will increase significantly since the application has a decent probability of moving to a completely unrelated section of code. Based on power model data, a good correlation of activity for samples may be found in a certain range. For example, in one embodiment, a good correlation of activity for samples for a typical application may be in the 50K clock cycle domain where sigma is small.
If a few hundred known signals are chosen to be sampled upfront and the signal values are scanned out in a serial fashion, then a few hundred clock cycles are required to get a single sample of the activity related signals. Then from standard statistical analysis, a few samples are required of these few hundred signals before a confidence is reached (i.e. 99%) that the mean and sigma of the samples have a close correlation to the mean and sigma of the actual population of signals.
It is assumed that the switching behavior of the application can be approximated by a stationary random process with a Poisson distribution. Also, the central limit theorem tells us that a large population of data can be accurately approximated with a normal distribution. This statistical approach is similar to an approach used to produce opinion polls from a small sample of the population, statistical census numbers, etc. The characteristics of the broader population is reconstructed by taking a sufficient number of random samples. Two parameters that need to be determined are the number of necessary samples and which signals to sample.
For the number of necessary samples, in one embodiment, a spreadsheet may be generated using statistical analysis and measurements of both the real power consumption of an application and estimated power consumption from a sampling.
In modern processors, a thermal design power (TDP) may be set by a de-rated form of the high power virus Zuraski. This de-rated, or derived, TDP code and its corresponding power consumption is used to set the operational voltage and frequency of the core for binning purposes. During most of a modern processor's lifetime however, the applications that are executed, consume no more than 60% to 80% of this TDP value.
With an accurate real-time Cac estimation, and following power estimation, it is possible to exploit the 20% to 40% gap between an executed application and the TDP. This may be done by turning the gap into either a TDP reduction, wherein the new TDP is the application power, or a frequency increase, wherein the TDP is the same as before, but is consumed by typical applications. The TDP would not be consumed by a virus, since the virus would get throttled by a subsequent response by a power manager following the Cac estimation.
As stated above, a spreadsheet, or look-up table, may be generated using both statistical analysis and measurements of both the real power consumption of an application and estimated power consumption from a sampling as shown in
For example, in a first example, design goals may require a 95% confidence that the mean of a sample, such as one illustrated in
In this example, an absolute worst case estimation scenario may include a clipped normal distribution of +/−2 sigma, wherein one sigma is 25% of the range. Therefore, a worst case error is 0.12*0.25=3%. A more typical maximum sigma value is approximately 10%. With an error term of 12% sigma, it is possible to have a 95% confidence that the error due to statistical sampling is 0.12*0.1=1.2%.
In a second example, design goals may require a 99% confidence that the mean of a sample, such as one illustrated in
If this second example has the same sample interval as above for the first example of 25 μs, and the operational frequency is the same at 3 GHz, then the number of intermittent clock cycles between samples would be (3 GHz)*(25 μs)/650=115 clock cycles. In one embodiment, as in the first example, the values of the sampled signals may be scanned out in a serial manner. Therefore, 150 signals may be sampled in a single clock cycle from each of the 10 units and serially scanned out before the next sample is performed.
Referring to
The signal Sample 120 may be received from a control block such as Monitor Control 132 of
The clock signal Clk 330 that is routed to the D flip-flops 320 may be an ungated clock signal. When the signal Sample 120 is deasserted to a logic low value, the multiplexers 310 convey the output value of the previous D flip-flop 320. In this manner, the values during the sampled clock cycle of the 100 sampled signals, Signal 350, are output in a serial manner. Depending on the routing distance to the Monitor Control 132, inverter buffers may be placed following D flip-flop 320 a.
In one embodiment, a signal chosen to be sampled may be the clock gater enable signals. A gater circuit may be the last stage of a clock distribution system that generates a clock signal. Typically, the gater circuits are in local blocks of a floorplan of a modern processor and local designers choose from a clock library a gater circuit to drive a certain clock load in the block.
The Gater Circuit 340 in
As discussed above concerning the statistical analysis, the error of a Cac estimation due to statistical sampling may be small. However, there may be errors due to an inaccurate correlation of the sampled signal activity to the node switching capacitance, Cac. The clock gater enable signals, Clk Enable 362, are relatively easy to locate by local designers. Also these signals directly determine whether downstream circuitry is active or not, and thus, whether or not the downstream node capacitances may switch or not.
For a particular Clk Enable 362 that is sampled, a corresponding stored value of a logic high value implies at least a minimum capacitance is being switched. An additional amount of capacitance is conditionally switched, which is determined by other signals and configurations that are downstream of the clock gater enable, Clk Enable 362. Some examples of signals downstream of the gater clock enable signals that determine how Cac changes in various ways are valid bits, such as the valid bit in a load-store queue, for one example; an operand bit width; and a cache hit or miss. Although not shown in
Also, there are signals whose assertion indicates an amount of switched capacitance aside from the clock gater enables. Some examples are bus driver enables, mismatches in content-addressable memories (CAM), and CAM word-line (WL) drivers. A transition detector may be needed to determine the additional switched capacitance for these signals.
Once the sampling of signals is done accurately, this information may be turned into a Cac estimate using a weighted average sum. Referring to
For example, 100 signals may be chosen to be sampled. A new sampling period may have begun, and the current value received on the line Dataout 122 is the 37th received value of this new sampling period. If this 37th sampled value has a logic low value, then no more work needs to be done until the 38th sample value arrives. If the 37th sampled value has a logic high value, then the value 37 is used to index Weight Table 504. The corresponding weight for the 37th sampled signal is conveyed to Weight Accumulator 510. This corresponding weight is summed with the accumulated weights of the 36 previous received values that had a logic high value. The method used for choosing values for the weights is described shortly below.
The core may be divided into units for sampling purposes in block 604. Each unit may provide a serial chain of values of predetermined sampled signals. In block 606, a power model is executed on the core over a broad set of applications in order to characterize power consumption over the die during sample intervals. In block 608, a number of samples to perform within a sample interval may be determined from a look-up table derived from statistical analysis using a Poisson distribution or other, and characterizing the node capacitance switching behavior of the core while executing applications. Then the number of signals to sample may be determined from the operational frequency, the sample interval, and the determined number of samples to take.
In block 610, a weight value is assigned to each sampled signal. A more detailed description of this process is given below. A sum of the weights of the asserted sampled signals is used to determine an accurate real-time power estimation of the core in a particular clock cycle. The sum is an estimation of the node switching capacitance, Cac, in the particular clock cycle and this sum may be translated to a power number by indexing a look-up table. This look-up table may have been generated by a characterization process when the power model was run on the core.
In block 612, the real-time power estimate generated from the sum of the weights of sampled signals is compared to the power estimate generated from the power model for each application in a predetermined application suite. If the difference between these two values is less than or equal to a predetermined minimum accuracy (conditional block 614), then design of the power estimate circuitry is complete and the chip may tape-out with the Monitor Control in the core in block 616. If the minimum accuracy is not met (conditional block 614), then control flow is returned to block 608. A new number of samples and a new number of signals to sample are chosen.
In block 704, an initial equal weight value is assigned to each sampled signal. In order to determine this initial value, a particular application is executed on the core and a sum of the asserted sampled signals in that clock cycle is recorded. The number of asserted sampled signals is recorded for each sampled clock cycle in the sample interval. There may be hundreds of sampled clock cycles in a sample interval. The actual power estimation for this sample interval found from the execution of the power model in block 702 is used to determine an actual Cac value. This actual Cac is divided by the total sum of asserted sampled signals over the sample interval. This derived value may be the equal initial weight value assigned to each sampled signal.
The above steps may be performed for each application in an application suite in block 706. Each application will have its own derived initial equal weight value for the sampled signals. In block 708, the average of all of these values may be the initial equal weight value used for the sampled signals.
For each application, the calculated Cac from the initial weights will have an error term. The Total Error is calculated for all of the applications in block 710. In one embodiment, this Total Error may be a sum of the errors for each application. In an alternative embodiment, this Total Error may be a sum of the squares of the errors for each application. In alternative embodiments, other equations may be used to calculate the Total Error.
In block 712, for a particular sampled signal, its corresponding initial equal weight value may be increased or decreased in a direction that diminishes the Total Error. If the Total Error has not stopped diminishing (conditional block 714), then control flow return to block 712. If the Total Error stops diminishing (conditional block 714), then in block 716, the current weight value for that particular sampled signal is saved. This value may be saved in a table such as Weight Table 504.
If all sampled signals have not been investigated for a possible value change (conditional block 718), then control flow returns to block 712. If all sampled signals have been investigated (conditional block 718), then the one or more tables storing the weight values have the final weight values in block 720.
Although the embodiments above have been described in considerable detail, numerous variations and modifications will become apparent to those skilled in the art once the above disclosure is fully appreciated. It is intended that the following claims be interpreted to embrace all such variations and modifications
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