Processor—Thermal Management

Table 18. Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS) 1.1 Thermal Solution Performance Above

TCONTROL

Processor

ΨCA at DTS =

ΨCA at DTS = -1

ΨCA at DTS = -1

ΨCA at DTS = -1

TDP

TCONTROL1, 2

At System

At System

At System TAMBIENT-

 

At System TAMBIENT-

TAMBIENT-MAX

TAMBIENT-MAX

MAX = 50 °C

 

MAX = 30 °C

= 40 °C

= 45 °C

 

84 W

0.627

0.390

0.330

0.270

 

 

 

 

 

65 W

0.793

0.482

0.405

0.328

 

 

 

 

 

45 W

1.207

0.699

0.588

0.477

 

 

 

 

 

35 W

1.406

0.753

0.610

0.467

 

 

 

 

 

1. ΨCA at "DTS = TCONTROL" is applicable to systems that have an internal TRISE (TROOM temperature to Processor cooling fan inlet) of less than 10 °C. In case the expected TRISE is greater than 10 °C, a correction factor should be used as explained below. For each 1 °C TRISE above 10 °C, the correction

factor (CF) is defined as CF = 1.7 / (processor TDP)

2. Example: A chassis TRISE assumption is 12 °C for a 95 W TDP processor: CF = 1.7 / 95 W = 0.018 /W

For TRISE > 10 °C

ΨCA at TCONTROL = (Value provide in Column 2) – (TRISE – 10) * CF ΨCA = 0.627 – (12 – 10) * 0.018 = 0.591 °C/W

In this case, the fan speed should be set slightly higher, equivalent to ΨCA = 0.591 °C/W

5.3Fan Speed Control Scheme with Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS) 2.0

To simplify processor thermal specification compliance, the processor calculates the

DTS Thermal Profile from TCONTROL Offset, TCC Activation Temperature, TDP, and the Thermal Margin Slope provided in the following table.

Note: TCC Activation Offset is 0 for the processors.

Using the DTS Thermal Profile, the processor can calculate and report the Thermal Margin, where a value less than 0 indicates that the processor needs additional cooling, and a value greater than 0 indicates that the processor is sufficiently cooled. Refer to the processor Thermal Mechanical Design Guidelines (TMDG) for additional information (see Related Documents).

Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 v3 Product Family

 

Datasheet – Volume 1 of 2

June 2013

66

Order No.: 328907-001