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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Oliver Benke, Stuttgart, DE;
Tobias U. Bergmann, Weinstadt, DE;
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods for improving performance of a multi-core processor. A non-limiting method includes increasing a first operating frequency to a first elevated operating frequency of a first core of a gang of cores, the gang of cores comprising a plurality of cores of the multi-core processor. The method further includes upon a determination that an operating temperature of the first core is above a threshold temperature, switching processing of a thread from the first core to a second core in the gang of cores. The method further includes reducing the first operating frequency of the first core. The method further includes increasing the operating frequency of the second core to a second elevated operating frequency.