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System and method to enable processor management policy in a multi-processor environment

  • US 20060036878A1
  • Filed: 08/11/2004
  • Published: 02/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for reducing power consumption in a multi-processor environment, comprising:

  • a plurality of processors being interchangeable with respect to execution of enterprise tasks, wherein at least one processor is capable of sleep mode, and wherein a processor in sleep mode uses less power than a processor not in sleep mode;

    a workload profiler to monitor workloads on the respective plurality of processors, and to determine whether each workload exceeds a predetermined threshold, the workloads comprising a plurality of enterprise tasks, and the workload profiler to redistribute enterprise tasks among the plurality of processors by initiating a power event.

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