Mediatek Corporation

Tzu-Jen Lo

Yu-Ming Lin

Ming-Hsien Lee

Jia-Ming Chen

Ya-Ting Chang

Hung-Lin Chou

Yin Jen Chen

Yu-Ting Chen

Lee-Kee Yong

Nicholas Ching Hui Tang

Shih-Yen Chiu

Koon Woon Soon

A method for performing processor resource allocation in an electronic device is provided, where the method may include the steps of: obtaining task-related information to determine whether a task of a plurality of tasks is a heavy task (e.g. the heavy task may correspond to heavier loading than others of the plurality of tasks), to selectively utilize a specific processor core within a plurality of processor cores to perform the task, and determining whether at least one scenario task exists within others of the plurality of tasks, to selectively determine according to application requirements a minimum processor core count and a minimum operating frequency for performing the at least one scenario task; and performing processor resource allocation according to a power table and system loading, to perform any remaining portion of the plurality of tasks. An apparatus for performing processor resource allocation according to the above method is provided.

Method for performing processor resource allocation in an electronic device, and associated apparatus

A multi-core processor system and a method for assigning tasks are provided. The multi-core processor system includes a plurality of processor cores, configured to perform a plurality of tasks, and each of the tasks is in a respective one of a plurality of scheduling classes. The multi-core processor system further includes a task scheduler, configured to obtain first task assignment information about tasks in a first scheduling class assigned to the processor cores, obtain second task assignment information about tasks in one or more other scheduling classes assigned to the processor cores, and refer to the first task assignment information and the second task assignment information to assign a runnable task in the first scheduling class to one of the processor cores.

Multi-core processor systems and methods for assigning tasks in a multi-core processor system

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