Intel corporation (20240118942). SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING WORK PLACEMENT ON PROCESSOR CORES simplified abstract

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SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING WORK PLACEMENT ON PROCESSOR CORES

Organization Name

intel corporation

Inventor(s)

Guy M. Therien of Sherwood OR (US)

Michael D. Powell of Northborough MA (US)

Venkatesh Ramani of Milpitas CA (US)

Arijit Biswas of Northborough MA (US)

Guy G. Sotomayor of San Jose CA (US)

SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING WORK PLACEMENT ON PROCESSOR CORES - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240118942 titled 'SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING WORK PLACEMENT ON PROCESSOR CORES

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes apparatuses, methods, and storage medium for computing, specifically focusing on the determination of work placement on processor cores.

  • The apparatus may include one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry to identify a favored core of the processor cores.
  • The apparatus may be configured to determine whether to migrate a thread to or from the favored core.
  • The determination may be made by a process executed by a driver and/or by an algorithm executed by a power control unit of the processor.

Potential Applications

This technology could be applied in:

  • Data centers
  • Cloud computing environments
  • High-performance computing systems

Problems Solved

This technology helps in:

  • Optimizing processor core utilization
  • Improving overall system performance
  • Enhancing power efficiency

Benefits

The benefits of this technology include:

  • Increased efficiency in workload distribution
  • Enhanced system responsiveness
  • Reduced power consumption

Potential Commercial Applications

A potential commercial application of this technology could be in:

  • Server infrastructure optimization

Possible Prior Art

One possible prior art could be the use of load balancing algorithms in distributed systems to optimize resource utilization.

Unanswered Questions

How does this technology impact multi-threaded applications?

This article does not delve into the specific implications of this technology on multi-threaded applications.

What are the potential security implications of migrating threads between processor cores?

The article does not address the security aspects of migrating threads between processor cores.


Original Abstract Submitted

apparatuses, methods and storage medium for computing including determination of work placement on processor cores are disclosed herein. in embodiments, an apparatus may include one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry to identify a favored core of the processor cores. the one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry may be configured to determine whether to migrate a thread to or from the favored core. in some embodiments, the determination may be by a process executed by a driver and/or by an algorithm executed by a power control unit of the processor.