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Method, system and apparatus for main memory access subsystem usage to different partitions in a socket with sub-socket partitioning

US8370508B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Ajay Harikumar · Bengaluru, IN
Tessil Thomas · Bengaluru, IN
Biju Puthur Simon · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2008
Grant date	Feb 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 7, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F12/0813
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments enable sub-socket partitioning that facilitates access among a plurality of partitions to a shared resource. A round robin arbitration policy is to allow each partition, within a socket, that may utilize a different operating system, access to the shared resource based at least in part on whether an assigned bandwidth parameter for each partition is consumed. Embodiments may further include support for virtual channels.

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