Dynamic core selection for heterogeneous multi-core systems
First Claim
1. An apparatus for multi-core processing, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory controller;
a first processor core of a first type to execute program code;
a second processor core of a second type different from the first type; and
a code distribution module to determine a performance metric of execution of the program code by the first processor core, determine a performance metric of the second processor core indicative of a predicted performance of the second processor core in executing the same program code, wherein to determine the performance metric of the second processor core comprises to apply the performance metric of the first processor core as an input to a prediction function, and switch execution of the program code from the first processor core to the second processor core in response to a determination that the performance metric of the second processor core is better than the performance metric of the first processor core or continue execution of the program code with the first processor core in response to a determination that the performance metric of the second processor core is not better than the performance metric of the first processor core.
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Abstract
Dynamically switching cores on a heterogeneous multi-core processing system may be performed by executing program code on a first processing core. Power up of a second processing core may be signaled. A first performance metric of the first processing core executing the program code may be collected. When the first performance metric is better than a previously determined core performance metric, power down of the second processing core may be signaled and execution of the program code may be continued on the first processing core. When the first performance metric is not better than the previously determined core performance metric, execution of the program code may be switched from the first processing core to the second processing core.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus for multi-core processing, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory controller; a first processor core of a first type to execute program code; a second processor core of a second type different from the first type; and a code distribution module to determine a performance metric of execution of the program code by the first processor core, determine a performance metric of the second processor core indicative of a predicted performance of the second processor core in executing the same program code, wherein to determine the performance metric of the second processor core comprises to apply the performance metric of the first processor core as an input to a prediction function, and switch execution of the program code from the first processor core to the second processor core in response to a determination that the performance metric of the second processor core is better than the performance metric of the first processor core or continue execution of the program code with the first processor core in response to a determination that the performance metric of the second processor core is not better than the performance metric of the first processor core. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for processing by a multi-core processing system, the method comprising:
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executing program code on a first processor core of the multi-core processing system; determining a performance metric of execution of the program code by the first processor core; determining a performance metric of a second processor core of the multi-core processing system indicative of a predicted performance of the second processor core in executing the same program code, wherein to determine the performance metric of the second processor core comprises to apply the performance metric of the first processor core as an input to a prediction function and wherein the first processor core is of a first type and the second processor core is of a second type different from the first type; and switching execution of the program code from the first processor core to the second processor core in response to determining that the performance metric of the second processor core is better than the performance metric of the first processor core or continuing execution of the program code with the first processor core in response to a determination that the performance metric of the second processor core is not better than the performance metric of the first processor core. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions embodied thereon that, in response to execution by one or more processors of a multi-core processing system, causes the one or more processors to:
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execute program code on a first processor core of the multi-core processing system; determine a performance metric of execution of the program code by the first processor core; determine a performance metric of a second processor core of the multi-core processing system indicative of a predicted performance of the second processor core in executing the same program code, wherein to determine the performance metric of the second processor core comprises to apply the performance metric of the first processor core as an input to a prediction function and wherein the first processor core is of a first type and the second processor core is of a second type different from the first type; and switch execution of the program code from the first processor core to the second processor core in response to a determination that the performance metric of the second processor core is better than the performance metric of the first processor core or continue execution of the program code with the first processor core in response to a determination that the performance metric of the second processor is not better than the performance metric of the first processor core. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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