Rescheduling workloads to enforce and maintain a duty cycle
US9494998B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 17, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D30/50
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores to independently execute instructions, at least one graphics engine to independently execute graphics instructions, and a power controller including an alignment logic to cause at least one workload to be executed on a first core to be rescheduled to a different time to enable the plurality of cores to be active during an active time window and to be in a low power state during an idle time window. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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