
Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Duo E6400, E4300, and Intel
®
Pentium
®
Dual-Core E2160 Processor—Processor
Thermal/Mechanical Information
Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Duo E6400, E4300, and Intel
®
Pentium
®
Dual-Core E2160 Processor
TDG
October 2007
16
Order Number: 315279 -003US
2.2.3
T
CONTROL
T
CONTROL
defines the maximum operating temperature for the digital thermal sensor
when the thermal solution fan speed is being controlled by the digital thermal sensor.
The T
CONTROL
parameter defines a very specific processor operating region where fan
speed can be reduced. This allows the system integrator a method to reduce the
acoustic noise of the processor cooling solution, while maintaining compliance to the
processor thermal specification.
Note:
The T
CONTROL
value for Intel® Core™2 Duo desktop E6400,E4300, and Intel® Pentium®
Dual-Core E2160 processor is relative to the Thermal Control Circuit (TCC) activation
set point which will be seen as 0 (zero) when using the digital thermal sensor. As a
result, the T
CONTROL
value will always be a negative number. Refer to
Chapter 4.0
for a
discussion on thermal management logic and features and
Chapter 6.0
on Intel® Quiet
System Technology (Intel® QST).
The value of T
CONTROL
is driven by a number of factors. One of the most significant of
these is the processor idle power. As a result, a processor with a high T
CONTROL
will
dissipate more power than a part with lower value of T
CONTROL
when running the same
application.
The value of T
CONTROL
is calculated such that regardless of the individual processor's
T
CONTROL
value, the thermal solution should perform similarly. The higher power of some
parts is offset by a higher value of T
CONTROL
in such a way that they should behave
virtually the same acoustically. This is achieved in part by using the
Ψ
CA
vs. RPM and
RPM versus acoustics (dBA) performance curves from the Intel enabled thermal
solution. A thermal solution designed to meet the thermal profile should have similar
acoustic performance for any value of T
CONTROL
.
The value for T
CONTROL
is calculated by the system BIOS based on values read from a
factory configured processor register. The result can be used to program a fan speed
control component. Refer to the appropriate datasheet for more details on reading the
register and calculating T
CONTROL
.
Figure 3.
Example Thermal Profile
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30
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60
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110
Watts
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Thermal Profile
TDP
Heatsink
Design Point