Intel corporation (20240134440). MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR FREQUENCY LIMIT DETERMINATION simplified abstract

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MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR FREQUENCY LIMIT DETERMINATION

Organization Name

intel corporation

Inventor(s)

Yoav Babajani of Rishon Le Zion (IL)

Hisham Abu Salah of Santa Clara CA (US)

Nadav Shulman of Tel Mond (IL)

Nir Misgav of Ein Hahoresh (IL)

Arik Gihon of Rishon Le Zion (IL)

MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR FREQUENCY LIMIT DETERMINATION - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240134440 titled 'MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR FREQUENCY LIMIT DETERMINATION

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a patent application related to a technique performed by a power control unit (PCU) of an electronic device. The PCU identifies weights related to processor cores of a multi-core processor based on activity levels, then adjusts the frequency limit of the processor accordingly.

  • The PCU of an electronic device identifies weights for different processor cores based on their activity levels.
  • The number of active processor cores is determined by the PCU using these weights.
  • The frequency limit of the multi-core processor is altered by the PCU based on the number of active cores.

Potential Applications

This technology could be applied in:

  • Mobile devices
  • Servers
  • Laptops

Problems Solved

This technology helps in:

  • Optimizing power consumption
  • Improving performance
  • Extending battery life

Benefits

The benefits of this technology include:

  • Efficient utilization of processor cores
  • Dynamic adjustment of frequency limits
  • Enhanced overall system performance

Potential Commercial Applications

The potential commercial applications of this technology could be in:

  • Mobile device manufacturing
  • Server farms
  • Laptop production

Possible Prior Art

One possible prior art could be:

  • Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling techniques in multi-core processors.

=== What are the specific metrics used to identify the weights for different processor cores? The abstract does not specify the exact metrics used to identify the weights for different processor cores.

=== How does the PCU determine the frequency limit of the multi-core processor based on the number of active cores? The abstract does not provide detailed information on how the PCU adjusts the frequency limit of the multi-core processor based on the number of active cores.


Original Abstract Submitted

embodiments herein relate to a technique to be performed by a power control unit (pcu) of an electronic device. specifically, the pcu may identify, based on a metric related to an activity level of a processor core of a multi-core processor of the electronic device, first, second, and third weights that are respectively related to first, second, and third cores of the multi-core processor. based on these weights, the pcu may identify a number of active processor cores of the multi-core processor, and alter a frequency limit of the multi-core processor accordingly. other embodiments may be described and claimed.

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