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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abhinav Karhu, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Russell Fenger, Beaverton, OR (US);
Vijay Dhanraj, Beaverton, OR (US);
Balaji Masanamuthu Chinnathurai, Hillsboro, OR (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques and apparatus for managing performance states of processing circuitry of a computing device are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one memory, at least one processing circuitry, and logic, at least a portion of comprised in hardware coupled to the at least one processing circuitry, to set a first performance state (P-state) of the at least one processing circuitry based on system utilization information, access a performance interface element comprising a plurality of performance metric hints, update the first P-state to a second P-state responsive to one of the plurality of performance metric hints being set by an operating system (OS) of the apparatus, and maintain the first P-state responsive to none of the plurality of performance metric hints being set by the operating system (OS). Other embodiments are described and claimed.