Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic mapping of logical cores
- Patent Title (中): 逻辑内核的动态映射
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Application No.: US13087206Application Date: 2011-04-14
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Publication No.: US08910177B2Publication Date: 2014-12-09
- Inventor: Michael J. Osborn , Sebastien J. Nussbaum
- Applicant: Michael J. Osborn , Sebastien J. Nussbaum
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F9/50
- IPC: G06F9/50 ; G06F9/455

Abstract:
A processor that dynamically remaps logical cores to physical cores is disclosed. In one embodiment, the processor includes a plurality of physical cores, and is configured to store a mapping of logical cores to the plurality of physical cores. The processor further includes an assignment unit configured to remap the logical cores to the plurality of physical cores subsequent to a boot process of the processor. In some embodiments, the assignment unit is configured to remap the logical cores in response to receiving an indication that one or more of the plurality of physical cores have entered an idle state. The processor may be configured to load a first of the plurality of physical cores with an execution state of a second of the plurality of physical cores upon the first physical core exiting an idle state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120266179A1 DYNAMIC MAPPING OF LOGICAL CORES Public/Granted day:2012-10-18
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