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Task scheduling in big and little cores

  • US 9,619,282 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2012
  • Issued: 04/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying a task to be scheduled for execution on an information handling device having two or more cores of different size;

    determining an appropriate scheduling of the task for execution on the two or more of cores of different size, wherein the appropriate scheduling of the task is determined via a core signature for the task, wherein the core signature is determined via a procedure comprising;

    determining if the task fits on a little core;

    determining if the task is high priority; and

    determining if the task is executable on the little core within a threshold tolerance with respect to little core utilization;

    directing the task to an appropriate core for execution based on the appropriate scheduling determined; and

    executing the task on the appropriate core.

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