Abstract:
An apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a plurality of processing cores to execute a plurality of processes, a register to store an indicator that is to indicate a preference for either performance or energy efficiency, a first circuitry to determine an effective utilization of a first processing core, based on the indicator, and a second circuitry to select at least one of an operating voltage or an operating frequency of the first processing core, based at least in part on the effective utilization of the first processing core.
Abstract:
In an embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores each to independently execute instructions, and a power control unit coupled to the plurality of cores to control power consumption of the processor, where the power control unit includes a control logic to reduce a maximum operating frequency of the processor if a first number of forced performance state transitions occurs in a first time period or a second number of forced performance state transitions occurs in a second time period. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a processor includes: a plurality of cores to execute instructions, at least some of the plurality of cores to be allocated to a plurality of virtual machines (VMs); and a power controller coupled to the plurality of cores. The power controller may include a power distribution circuit to distribute an energy budget to the at least some of the plurality of cores according to priority information associated with the plurality of VMs. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems, methods, and program products for rebalancing power in a multi-chip computing platform, which includes a core processor and a discrete peripheral processor. Embodiments include determining that the core processor and the discrete peripheral processor are in a limited usage state; altering a polling interval of the core processor and the discrete peripheral processor from a first polling time to a second polling time, the second polling time greater than the first polling time; and polling the core processor and the discrete peripheral processor after an expiration of the second polling time. Embodiments also include using thermal and/or energy consumption data to dynamically adjust polling times to permit the core processor and the discrete peripheral processor to remain in an idle or low power state for as long as possible.
Abstract:
In an embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of processing engines (PEs) to execute threads, and a guide unit. The guide unit is to: monitor execution characteristics of the plurality of PEs and the threads; generate a plurality of PE rankings, each PE ranking including the plurality of PEs in a particular order; and store the plurality of PE rankings in a memory to be provided to a scheduler, the scheduler to schedule the threads on the plurality of PEs using the plurality of PE rankings. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a processor includes: a plurality of cores to execute instructions, at least some of the plurality of cores to be allocated to a plurality of virtual machines (VMs); and a power controller coupled to the plurality of cores. The power controller may include a power distribution circuit to distribute an energy budget to the at least some of the plurality of cores according to priority information associated with the plurality of VMs. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
In an embodiment, the present invention includes a processor having a first domain with at least one core to execute instructions, a second domain coupled to the first domain and having at least one non-core circuit, and a power control unit (PCU) coupled to the first and second domains. The PCU may include a power sharing logic to receive encoded power consumption information from the second domain and to calculate an available power budget for the first domain based at least in part on the encoded power consumption information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
An apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a plurality of components, wherein an individual component has a corresponding throttling priority of a plurality of throttling priorities. The apparatus further includes logic to selectively throttle one or more of the plurality of components. In an example, an order in which the one or more of the plurality of components are to be throttled may be based on the plurality of throttling priorities.
Abstract:
An apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a plurality of components, wherein an individual component has a corresponding throttling priority of a plurality of throttling priorities. The apparatus further includes logic to selectively throttle one or more of the plurality of components. In an example, an order in which the one or more of the plurality of components are to be throttled may be based on the plurality of throttling priorities.
Abstract:
Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems, methods, and program products for rebalancing power in a multi-chip computing platform, which includes a core processor and a discrete peripheral processor. Embodiments include determining that the core processor and the discrete peripheral processor are in a limited usage state; altering a polling interval of the core processor and the discrete peripheral processor from a first polling time to a second polling time, the second polling time greater than the first polling time; and polling the core processor and the discrete peripheral processor after an expiration of the second polling time. Embodiments also include using thermal and/or energy consumption data to dynamically adjust polling times to permit the core processor and the discrete peripheral processor to remain in an idle or low power state for as long as possible.