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System partitioning to present software as platform level functionality via inter-partition bridge including reversible mode logic to switch between initialization, configuration, and execution mode

US9430296B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Stephen J. Tolopka · Portland, US
David A. Koufaty · Portland, US
John I. Garney · Beaverton, US
Yasser Rasheed · Beaverton, US
Ulhas Warrier · Beaverton, US
Matthew E. Hoekstra · Forest Grove, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 14, 2013
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 29, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F12/1491
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of apparatuses, methods for partitioning systems, and partitionable and partitioned systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes processors and a partition manager. The partition manager is to allocate a subset of the processors to a first partition and another subset of the processors to a second partition. The first partition is to execute first operating system level software and the second partition is to execute second operating system level software.

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