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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amitabh Mehra, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David M. Dahle, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Richard M. Born, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for synchronizing a time stamp counter (TSC) associated with a processor core in a computer system includes initializing the TSC associated with the processor core by synchronizing the TSC associated with the processor core with at least one other TSC in a hierarchy of TSCs. One or more processor cores are powered down. Upon powering up of the one or more processor cores, the TSC associated with the processor core is synchronized with the at least one other TSC in the hierarchy of TSCs.