Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Task scheduling in big and little cores
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Application No.: US13590467Application Date: 2012-08-21
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Publication No.: US09619282B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Mark C. Davis , Daryl C. Cromer , Howard J. Locker , Scott E. Kelso
- Applicant: Mark C. Davis , Daryl C. Cromer , Howard J. Locker , Scott E. Kelso
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Ference & Associates LLC
- Main IPC: G06F9/48
- IPC: G06F9/48 ; G06F9/50

Abstract:
One aspect provides a method including: identifying a task to be scheduled for execution on an information handling device having two or more cores of different size; determining an appropriate scheduling of the task for execution on the two or more of cores of different size, wherein the appropriate scheduling of the task is determined via a core signature for the task; directing the task to an appropriate core for execution based on the appropriate scheduling determined; and executing the task on the appropriate core. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140059558A1 TASK SCHEDULING IN BIG AND LITTLE CORES Public/Granted day:2014-02-27
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