US Patent Application 18353790. CURRENT CONTROL FOR A MULTICORE PROCESSOR simplified abstract
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CURRENT CONTROL FOR A MULTICORE PROCESSOR
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Alexander Gendler of Kiriat Motzkin (IL)
Nir Rosenzweig of Givat Ella (IL)
Krishnakanth V. Sistla of Portland OR (US)
Ashish V. Choubal of Austin TX (US)
Ankush Varma of Portland OR (US)
CURRENT CONTROL FOR A MULTICORE PROCESSOR - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18353790 titled 'CURRENT CONTROL FOR A MULTICORE PROCESSOR
Simplified Explanation
- This patent application is about a technology related to current control for a multicore processor. - The multicore processor includes multiple analog current comparators that measure the current utilization of each core. - The processor has the ability to individually throttle the cores based on the measurements from the analog current comparators. - A memory device in the multicore processor stores instructions that allow power management agents to determine whether to send throttle requests based on the historical current measurements of the cores.
Original Abstract Submitted
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with current control for a multicore processor are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a multicore processor may include a plurality of analog current comparators, each analog current comparator to measure current utilization by a corresponding one of the cores of the multicore processor. The multicore processor may include one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry to cause the cores to individually throttle based on measurements from the corresponding analog current comparators. In some embodiments, a memory device of the multicore processor may store instructions executable to operate a plurality power management agents to determine whether to send throttle requests based on a plurality of histories of the current measurements of the cores, respectively.
