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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eric J. DeHaemer, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Arijit Biswas, Holden, MA (US);
Reid J. Riedlinger, Wellington, CO (US);
Ian M. Steiner, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A multicore processor may include multiple processing cores that were previously designated as active cores and at least one processing core that was previously designated as a functional spare. The processor may include an interface to receive, during operation of the processor in an end-user environment, a request to change the designation of at least one of the processing cores. The processor may be to store, into a desired cores configuration data structure in response to the request, data representing a bitmask that reflects the requested change, and to execute a reset sequence. During the reset sequence, the processor may activate, dependent on the bitmask, a processing core previously designated as a functional spare, or may deactivate, dependent on the bitmask, a processing core previously designated as an active core. The processor may include a predetermined maximum number of active cores and a predetermined minimum number of functional spares.