Author: claimsbot

1. An oxygen transport membrane based power generation system comprising:
an oxygen transport membrane based combined reforming subsystem configured to produce a hydrogen-rich, high pressure synthesis gas stream from a hydrocarbon containing feed stream and steam; and
an oxygen transport membrane based power cycle subsystem comprising an oxygen transport membrane based boiler reactor configured to produce steam, electric power, and a carbon dioxide containing effluent by combusting the hydrogen-rich, high pressure synthesis gas stream at a pressure at least two times that of ambient pressure in the oxygen transport membrane based boiler reactor.
2. The oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 1 additionally comprising a first expansion stage for the generation of electric power, wherein said expansion stage is configured to expand the hydrogen-rich, high pressure synthesis gas stream to an intermediate pressure prior to introducing said intermediate pressure, hydrogen-rich synthesis gas into the oxygen transport membrane based boiler reactor to combust said intermediate pressure, hydrogen-rich synthesis gas to generate or heat steam from a boiler feed stream passing through thermally coupled adjacent steam tubes within the oxygen transport membrane based boiler reactor.
3. The oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 1 additionally comprising a second expansion stage for the generation of electric power, wherein said expansion stage comprises a gas turbo expander configured to expand the carbon dioxide containing effluent exiting the oxygen transport membrane based boiler reactor.
4. The oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 1 wherein said boiler reactor is configured to combust the high pressure, hydrogen-rich synthesis gas by reaction with oxygen permeating across the oxygen transport membrane elements within the oxygen transport membrane boiler reactor to form an effluent having a heating value less than 100 Btuscf.
5. The oxygen transport membrane power generation system of claim 1 wherein said boiler reactor is configured to combust the high pressure, hydrogen-rich synthesis gas by reactions with oxygen permeating across the oxygen transport membrane elements within the oxygen transport membrane boiler reactor to form an effluent containing less than about 10% hydrogen.
6. The oxygen transport membrane power generation system of claim 1 further comprising a coal gasification subsystem configured to produce a coal-derived, high pressure synthesis gas stream from a source of coal, steam and oxygen produced from cryogenic distillation of air.
7. The oxygen transport membrane power generation system of claim 6 configured to heat the coal-derived, high pressure synthesis gas stream in the oxygen transport membrane based synthesis gas subsystem prior to introduction in the oxygen transport membrane boiler reactor, or first heat and chemically react methane and other hydrocarbons present in the coal-derived, high pressure synthesis gas in the oxygen transport membrane based synthesis gas subsystem prior to introduction in the oxygen transport membrane boiler reactor.
8. The oxygen transport membrane power generation system of claim 1 or claim 6 configured to provide a synthesis feed stream to a catalytic liquid fuel or chemical production subsystem wherein the synthesis gas feed stream is derived from coal-derived, high pressure synthesis gas stream produced in the coal gasification subsystem or hydrogen-rich, high pressure synthesis gas stream produced in the oxygen transport membrane based synthesis gas subsystem, or combinations thereof.
9. A hydrid oxygen transport membrane based power generation system comprising:
a coal gasification subsystem configured to produce a coal-derived, high pressure synthesis gas stream from a source of coal, steam and oxygen produced from cryogenic distillation of air;
an oxygen transport membrane based reforming subsystem configured to produce a reformed hydrogen-rich, high pressure synthesis gas stream from a hydrocarbon containing feed stream and steam;
an oxygen transport membrane based power cycle subsystem comprising an oxygen transport membrane based boiler reactor configured to produce steam, electric power, and a carbon dioxide containing effluent by combusting a first synthesis gas feed stream at a pressure at least two times that of ambient pressure in the oxygen transport membrane based boiler reactor;
wherein said first synthesis gas feed stream comprises the coal-derived, high pressure synthesis gas stream, or the reformed hydrogen-rich high pressure synthesis gas stream or a combination of both the coal-derived, high pressure synthesis gas stream and the reformed hydrogen-rich high pressure synthesis gas stream.
10. The hybrid system of claim 9 configured to provide a second synthesis gas feed stream to produce a fuel product or liquid product or hydrogen wherein the second synthesis gas stream comprises a portion of the coal-derived, high pressure synthesis gas stream, or a portion of the reformed hydrogen-rich, high pressure synthesis gas stream or a combinations of both the coal-derived, high pressure synthesis gas stream and the reformed hydrogen-rich high pressure synthesis gas stream.
11. A carbon capture enabled oxygen transport membrane based power generation system comprising:
an oxygen transport membrane based synthesis gas subsystem configured to treat a methane containing feed stream to form a hydrogen-rich effluent stream wherein the oxygen transport membrane based synthesis gas subsystem further comprises
an oxygen transport membrane reforming reactor configured to react the methane containing feed stream with oxygen provided across the membrane from an oxygen containing feed stream and steam to form the hydrogen-rich effluent stream;
a gas conditioning subsystem configured to treat the hydrogen-rich effluent stream to produce a hydrogen or a hydrogen-rich fuel gas and a carbon dioxide rich effluent stream; and
an integrated power generation subsystem comprising an air-blown gas turbine configured to be fueled by the hydrogen-rich fuel gas to generate electricity and a gas turbine exhaust stream at elevated temperature; a heat recovery steam generator configured to raise steam by recovering heat from the gas turbine exhaust stream; and a steam turbine configured to generate electricity utilizing steam generated in the heat recovery steam generator.
12. The carbon capture enabled oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 11, wherein said oxygen transport membrane based synthesis gas subsystem is configured to convert greater than about 90% of the methane in the feed stream to reaction products comprising hydrogen, carbon-monoxide, carbon-dioxide, and steam.
13. The carbon capture enabled oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 10 wherein the oxygen transport membrane synthesis gas subsystem is configured to convert greater than 95% of methane in the methane containing feed stream to the reaction products comprising hydrogen, carbon-monoxide, carbon-dioxide, and steam.
14. The carbon capture enabled oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 11 wherein said oxygen transport membrane based synthesis gas subsystem comprises an oxygen transport membrane based reactor comprising (i) a plurality of tubular ceramic oxygen transport membranes configured to transport oxygen ions from an oxygen containing stream present at the outside surface of the tubular ceramic oxygen transport membranes to the interior surface or permeate side of the tubular ceramic oxygen transport membranes; and (ii) a plurality of catalyst containing reformer tubes disposed adjacent or juxtaposed relationship with the ceramic oxygen transport membrane tubes and configured to produce synthesis gas from the methane containing feed stream in the presence of a reforming catalyst and heat produced from the tubular ceramic oxygen transport membranes, wherein at least one of said tubular oxygen transport membranes is configured to further reform any hydrocarbon gas in the reformed synthesis gas stream and produce a synthesis gas product stream.
15. The carbon capture enabled oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 14 wherein said at least one tubular oxygen transport membrane configured to further reform any hydrocarbon gas in the reformed synthesis gas stream contains one or more reforming catalysts.
16. The carbon capture enabled oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 11 further comprising a coal gasification subsystem configured to produce a coal-derived synthesis gas stream from a source of coal, steam and a first oxygen stream, wherein the first oxygen stream is provided from a source that separates oxygen from air at cryogenic temperature, and wherein the coal-derived synthesis gas stream input into the oxygen transport membrane based synthesis gas subsystem contains at least 5.0 volume % hydrocarbons and the hydrogen-rich effluent stream contains less than about 2.0 volume % hydrocarbons.
17. The carbon capture enabled oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 11 wherein a nitrogen rich stream is introduced to the hydrogen or hydrogen-rich fuel gas exiting the gas conditioning subsystem as a diluent, prior to introducing said fuel gas to the gas turbine.
18. The carbon capture enabled oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 11 wherein said oxygen transport membrane based synthesis gas subsystem comprises at least one duct burner, wherein a portion of the hydrogen or hydrogen-rich fuel gas exiting the gas conditioning subsystem is fed to said at least one duct burner for combustion to produce supplemental heat in order to preheat the oxygen containing feed stream.
19. The carbon capture enabled oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 16 wherein said oxygen transport membrane based synthesis gas subsystem is configured to convert greater than about 90% of the methane in the coal-derived synthesis gas to reaction products comprising hydrogen, carbon-monoxide, carbon-dioxide, and steam.
20. The carbon capture enabled oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of any one of claim 12, 13 or 19 wherein said oxygen transport membrane based synthesis gas subsystem is configured to enable greater than about 90% of the carbon in said feed stream to be captured in a gas conditioning system.
21. The carbon capture enabled oxygen transport membrane based power generation system of claim 11 wherein said carbon dioxide rich effluent stream is directed to a carbon dioxide purification subsystem configured to purify said carbon dioxide rich effluent stream and produce a purified carbon dioxide rich stream suitable for storage, sequestration, processing andor direct use.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A system for presenting and distributing information related to a medication of a patient comprising a terminal device communicating with a wireless communication system, and a medicament device including a medicament containing means arranged to hold a medicament; a dispensing mechanism arranged for dispensing medicament from the medicament containing means; means for obtaining information related to the medication of the patient; and a communication device for wireless communication to enable transmission of data related to said information from the medicament device to a terminal device, wherein said terminal device comprises means for receiving said data from said communication device and means for providing the user with a notification based on said information, and which device is arranged to present information related to the medication of the patient to a user.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is arranged to present information obtained from the medicament device by said means for obtaining information related to the medication and transferred to the terminal device from the medicament device via the communication device.
3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the means for providing the user with a notification is selected from the group consisting of means for providing audible signals, visualizing means, vibration means, and light means.
4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is arranged for two-way transfer of data between the terminal device and the medicament device and the terminal device comprises means for transmitting data from the terminal device to the communication device.
5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is connected to a network computer system via said wireless communication system, thereby enabling a transfer of information related to the medication of the patient between the network computer system and the terminal device.
6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining information related to the dispensing is arranged to monitor the dispensing of medicament and is connected to the communication device to transfer data related to dispensing events.
7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the medicament device comprises a memory for storage of data related to the medication.
8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is a cellular phone.
9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the data is communicable between the communication device and the terminal device in encrypted form.
10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the communication device employs radiofrequency or optical signals.
11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the communication device communicates with the terminal device using spread spectrum radiofrequency signals.
12. The system according to claim 1, wherein the medicament device is arranged to transfer data related to the medication of a patient to at least two terminal devices.
13. The system according to claim 1, wherein said means for receiving data is arranged to receive information from at least two communication devices.
14. A method of presenting information related to a medication of a patient in a system comprising a terminal device communicating with a wireless communication system, and a medicament device including a medicament containing means arranged to hold a medicament; a dispensing mechanism arranged for dispensing medicament from the medicament containing means; means for obtaining information related to the medication of the patient; and a communication device for wireless communication to enable transfer of data related to said information from the medicament device to a terminal device, the method comprising the step of utilizing the terminal device to present information related to the medication of the patient to a user; and notifying the user of an event related to the medication using the terminal device.
15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the steps of obtaining information from the medicament device by said means for obtaining information related to the medication; and transmitting said data to the terminal device from the medicament device via the communication device.
16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the step of notifying the user comprises the step of notifying the user by means of means for notifying selected from the group consisting of means for providing audible signals, visualizing means, vibration means, and light means.
17. The method according to claim 14, wherein the step of notifying the user comprises the step of notifying the user by means of an SMS message, an MMS message, or the like.
18. The method according to claim 14, wherein the communication device is arranged for two-way transfer of data between the terminal device and the medicament device, the method further comprising the step of transmitting data from the terminal device to the communication device.
19. The method according to claim 14, wherein the terminal device is connected to a network computer system via said wireless communication system, the method further comprising the step of transmitting information related to the medication of the patient to the network computer system from the terminal device or from the network computer system to the terminal device.
20. The method according to claim 14, wherein means for obtaining information related to the dispensing is arranged to monitor the dispensing of medicament and is connected to the communication device to transfer data related to the dispensing, the method further comprising the steps of monitoring the dispensing of medicament; and transmitting information related to the dispensing from the terminal device to the communication device.
21. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of storing data related to the medication.
22. The method according to claim 14, wherein the data is communicable between the communication device and the terminal device in encrypted form.
23. The method according to claim 14, wherein the communication device employs radiofrequency or optical signals.
24. The method according to claim 14, wherein the communication device communicates with the terminal device using spread spectrum radiofrequency signals.
25. The method according to claim 14, wherein the communication device communicates with at least two terminal devices.
26. The method according to claim 14, wherein the terminal device communicates with a least two communication devices.
27. Use of a terminal device in a system for the delivery of medicament to present information related to the medication of a patient, which system comprises a medicament device including a medicament containing means arranged to hold a medicament; a dispensing mechanism arranged for dispensing medicament from the medicament containing means; means for obtaining information related to the medication of the patient; and a communication device for wireless communication to enable transfer of data from the medicament device to the terminal device, to present information related to the medication of the patient to a user.
28. Computer readable medium comprising instructions for bringing a programmable device to perform the method according to claim 14.

1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a processor, a request to change a complex order, wherein
the complex order has been submitted for provisioning,
the complex order comprises a list of orders associated with a selected account,
the list of orders identifies a plurality of orders,
fulfillment of the complex order depends, at least in part, on fulfillment of the plurality of orders, and
one or more relationships exist between two or more orders of the plurality of orders;

generating the list of orders, wherein the list of orders comprises orders submitted for the provisioning;
incorporating a change in the complex order;
creating a re-submitted complex order by re-submitting the complex order for the provisioning; and
synchronizing, by the processor, the re-submitted complex order with an external provisioning system, wherein
the synchronizing comprises overriding the complex order, and
the complex order had been previously submitted for the provisioning.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
generating a list of accounts;
identifying a selected account by detecting selection of one of the accounts listed in the list of accounts; and
identifying the complex order by detecting selection of one of the orders that has been submitted for provisioning.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
generating a list of items comprising the complex order;
determining whether each item in the list of items has been delivered;
identifying a selected item by detecting selection of one of the items; and
allowing a user to reconfigure the selected item if the selected item has not been delivered.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
generating a list of quotes associated with the selected account;
identifying a selected quote by detecting selection of one of the quotes;
detecting a request to change the selected quote; and
incorporating the change in the quote.
5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
generating a list of assets associated with the selected account;
identifying a selected asset by detecting selection of one of the list of assets;
detecting a request to change the selected asset; and
incorporating the change to the selected asset in a quote.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the change comprises disconnecting the selected asset.
7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
generating a list of items comprising the selected asset;
detecting selection of one of the items; and
allowing a user to reconfigure the selected item.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
ungrouping the selected item with a quantity of more than one to a corresponding multiple of items; and
allowing the user to reconfigure each item of the multiple of items individually.
9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
generating a list of quotes associated with the selected account;
detecting selection of one of the quotes;
detecting selection of an option to update potential revenue based on the price of items in the selected quote.
10. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
detecting selection of an option to create a quote for a new asset, wherein the quote is associated with the selected account;
generating a list of assets comprising products and services available;
detecting selection of an asset;
invoking a product configurator to allow the user to configure the asset.
11. The method of claim 2, wherein the change comprises transferring the asset, the method further comprising:
detecting selection of an option to transfer an asset;
copying information about the configuration of the asset to a quote; and
setting the status of items in the quote to indicate that the items are to be included in a service profile at a new address,
copying information about the asset.
12. A system comprising:
means, coupled with a processor, for detecting a request to change a complex order, wherein
the complex order has been submitted for provisioning,
the complex order comprises a list of orders associated with a selected account,
the list of orders identifies a plurality of orders,
fulfillment of the complex order depends, at least in part, on fulfillment of the plurality of orders, and
one or more relationships exist between two or more orders of the plurality of orders;

means for generating the list of orders, wherein the list of orders comprises orders submitted for the provisioning;
means for incorporating a change in the complex order;
means for creating a re-submitted complex order by re-submitting the complex order for the provisioning; and
means, coupled with the processor, for synchronizing the re-submitted complex order with an external provisioning system, wherein
the synchronizing comprises overriding the complex order, and
the complex order had been previously submitted for the provisioning.
13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:
means for generating a list of accounts;
means for identifying a selected account by detecting selection of one of the accounts listed in the list of accounts; and
means for identifying the complex, order by detecting selection of one of the orders that has been submitted for provisioning.
14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:
means for generating a list of items comprising the complex order;
means for determining whether each item in the list of items has been delivered;
means for identifying a selected item by detecting selection of one of the items; and
means for allowing a user to reconfigure the selected item if the selected item has not been delivered.
15. The system of claim 13, further comprising:
means for generating a list of quotes associated with the selected account;
means for identifying a selected quote by detecting selection of one of the quotes;
means for detecting a request to change the selected quote; and
means for incorporating the change in the quote.
16. The system of claim 13, further comprising:
means for generating a list of assets associated with the selected account;
means for identifying a selected asset by detecting selection of one of the list of assets;
means for detecting a request to change the selected asset; and
means for incorporating the change to the selected asset in a quote.
17. The system of claim 16, further comprising:
means for generating a list of items comprising the selected asset;
means for detecting selection of one of the items; and
means for allowing a user to reconfigure the selected item.
18. The system of claim 17, further comprising:
means for ungrouping the selected item with a quantity of more than one to a corresponding multiple of items; and
means for allowing the user to reconfigure each item of the multiple of items individually.
19. The system of claim 17, further comprising:
means for generating a list of quotes associated with the selected account;
means for detecting selection of one of the quotes;
means for detecting selection of an option to update potential revenue based on the price of items in the selected quote.
20. The system of claim 13, further comprising:
means for detecting selection of an option to create a quote for a new asset, wherein the quote is associated with the selected account;
means for generating a list assets comprising products and services available;
means for detecting selection of an asset;
means for invoking a product configurator to allow the user to configure the asset.
21. The system of claim 13, wherein the change comprises transferring the asset, the system further comprising:
means for detecting selection of an option to transfer an asset;
means for copying information about the configuration of the asset to a quote; and
means for setting the status of items in the quote to indicate that the items are to be included in a service profile at a new address,
means for copying information about the asset.
22. The system of claim 21, further comprising:
means for copying the information about the configuration of the asset to a second quote; and
means for setting the status of items in the quote to indicate that the items are to be disconnected in a service profile at an old address.
23. A computer non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:
a first set of instructions, executable by a processor, configured to detect a request to change a complex order, wherein
said complex order has been submitted for provisioning,
the complex order comprises a list of orders associated with a selected account,
the list of orders identifies a plurality of orders,
fulfillment of the complex order depends, at least in part, on fulfillment of the plurality of orders, and
one or more relationships exist between two or more orders of the plurality of orders;

a second set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to generate the list of orders, wherein
the list of orders comprises orders submitted for the provisioning;

a third set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to incorporate a change in the complex order;
a fourth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to create a re-submitted complex order by re-submitting the complex order for the provisioning; and
a fifth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to synchronize the re-submitted complex order with an external provisioning system, wherein
said synchronizing comprises overriding the complex order, and
the complex order had been previously submitted for the provisioning.
24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, further comprising:
a sixth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to generate a list of accounts;
a seventh set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to identify a selected account by detecting selection of one of the accounts listed in the list of accounts; and
an eighth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to identify the complex order by detecting selection of one of the orders that has been submitted for provisioning.
25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, further comprising:
a ninth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to generate a list of items comprising the complex order;
a tenth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to determine whether each item in the list of items has been delivered;
an eleventh set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to identify a selected item by detecting selection of one of the items; and
a twelfth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to allow a user to reconfigure the selected item if the selected item has not been delivered.
26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, further comprising:
a thirteenth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to generate a list of quotes associated with the selected account;
a fourteenth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to identify a selected quote by detecting selection of one of the quotes;
a fifteenth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to detect a request to change the selected quote; and
a sixteenth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to incorporate the change in the quote.
27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, further comprising:
a seventeenth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to generate a list of assets associated with the selected account;
a eighteenth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to identify a selected asset by detecting selection of one of the list of assets;
a nineteenth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to detect a request to change the selected asset; and
a twentieth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to incorporate the change to the selected asset in a quote.
28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, further comprising:
a twenty-first set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to detect selection of an option to create a quote for a new asset, wherein the quote is associated with the selected account;
a twenty-second set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to generate a list assets comprising products and services available;
a twenty-third set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to detect selection of an asset;
a twenty-fourth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to invoke a product configurator to allow the user to configure the asset.
29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the change comprises transferring the asset, the computer readable storage medium further comprising:
a twenty-fifth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to detect selection of an option to transfer an asset;
a twenty-sixth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to copy information about the configuration of the asset to a quote; and
a twenty-seventh set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to set the status of items in the quote to indicate that the list of items is to be included in a service profile at a new address,
a twenty-eighth set of instructions, executable by said processor, configured to copy information about the asset.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method comprising:
obtaining dynamic operating parameter information of a processor;
determining dynamic usage of the processor based on the dynamic operating parameter information; and
dynamically estimating a remaining lifetime of the processor based on the dynamic usage.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising controlling the processor based on the estimated remaining lifetime.
3. (canceled)
4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the dynamic usage comprises, for an operating time interval, performing calculations using the dynamic operating parameter information for the operating time interval and static operating parameter information to obtain a dynamic active usage.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining the dynamic usage comprises determining, for the operating time interval, a dynamic idle usage of the processor based on a portion of the dynamic operating parameter information.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining a total usage of the processor based on the dynamic active usage and the dynamic idle usage.
7. The method of claim 2, wherein controlling the processor comprises steering one or more processes to a selected core of the processor based on the estimated remaining lifetime.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising steering the one or more processes to a least used core or a most used core of the processor.
9. The method of claim 6, further comprising comparing the total usage to an estimated lifetime of the processor to dynamically estimate the remaining lifetime.
10. An apparatus comprising:
a processor including:
at least one resource to perform instructions;
at least one environmental sensor; and
logic coupled to the at least one environmental sensor to determine an actual consumption of the at least one resource based on information from the at least one environmental sensor.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a controller to control the processor based upon an estimated remaining lifetime determined using the actual consumption.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is to determine the estimated remaining lifetime from the actual consumption and a steady state lifetime measure.
13. (canceled)
14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the logic is to determine the actual consumption using an active consumption determined according to a first calculation and an inactive consumption determined according to a second calculation, wherein the inactive consumption corresponds to time periods in which the at least one resource is inactive.
15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the logic is to determine the actual consumption using a current voltage, a current temperature, and a current frequency of the processor and a steady state voltage, a steady state temperature, and a steady state frequency associated with the processor.
16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the logic comprises a microcontroller to execute microcode on the at least one resource of the processor.
17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor includes a lifetime value corresponding to an allowed lifetime for the processor, the lifetime value stored in a non-volatile storage of the processor, and the processor includes end of lifetime logic to disable the processor when the estimated remaining lifetime substantially corresponds to the allowed lifetime.
18. (canceled)
19. A system comprising:
a first processor to execute instructions, the first processor including:
at least one core to perform instructions; and
at least one thermal monitor;

a first controller coupled to the at least one thermal monitor to determine an estimated remaining lifetime of the first processor using information from the at least one thermal monitor;
a second processor coupled to the first processor to execute instructions;
a second controller coupled to the first processor and the second processor to receive the estimated remaining lifetime from the first controller and to control usage of at least the first processor based on the estimated remaining lifetime; and
a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) coupled to the first processor and the second processor.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein the first processor includes a lifetime value corresponding to an allowed lifetime for the first processor, the lifetime value stored in a non-volatile storage of the first processor.
21. The system of claim 20, wherein the allowed lifetime is set to one of a plurality of different levels during manufacture of the first processor, wherein each of the plurality of different levels corresponds to a different price point for the first processor.
22. The system of claim 19, wherein the first controller is to inform the second controller of an imminent disablement of the first processor prior to disablement.
23. The system of claim 19, wherein the second controller is to steer one or more tasks away from the first processor and to the second processor based on the estimated remaining lifetime.
24. The system of claim 19, wherein the second controller is to steer one or more tasks to a most used one or a least used one of the first processor and the second processor based on a comparison of the estimated remaining lifetime of the first processor and a corresponding estimated remaining lifetime of the second processor.
25. (canceled)
26. An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium including instructions that if executed by a machine enable the machine to perform a method comprising:
determining an actual mileage of a first block of a semiconductor device based on dynamic information obtained regarding the first block; and
estimating a dynamic lifetime of the first block based on the actual mileage and a static predicted lifetime for the first block.
27. The article of claim 26, wherein the method further comprises determining the actual mileage at a periodic interval and storing the actual mileage in a non-volatile memory of the semiconductor device.
28. The article of claim 27, wherein the method further comprises determining the actual mileage for the periodic interval and accumulating with the stored actual mileage to update the stored actual mileage.
29. The article of claim 27, wherein the method further comprises determining the actual mileage according to a first calculation if the first block is active during the periodic interval and according to a second calculation if the first block is inactive during the periodic interval.