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MULTIPROCESSOR COMPUTING DEVICE

  • US 20130081038A1
  • Filed: 11/19/2012
  • Published: 03/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of assigning processes to a first processor or a second processor in a multiprocessor computing device, the method comprising:

  • ascertaining that the first processor operates faster and consumes more power than the second processor;

    determining whether a process is now or continues to operate as a spinlock process, a process with a sleeper bonus, or another type of process; and

    assigning the process to the second processor in the event that the process is a spinlock process or a process with a sleeper bonus, otherwise, assigning the process to the first processor.

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