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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2022
Ampere Computing Llc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shivnandan Kaushik, Portland, OR (US);
Harb Abdulhamid, Raleigh, NC (US);
Vanshidhar Konda, Portland, OR (US);
Yogesh Bansal, Beaverton, OR (US);
Sachhidh Kannan, Portland, OR (US);
Sebastien Hily, Portland, OR (US);
Ampere Computing LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are techniques for management of multiple processor cores in a multi-core system-on-chip (SoC). In an implementation, the SoC may configure each processor core in a first subset of processor cores as a management controller for performing system management functions for processor cores not in the first subset, the first subset comprising at least one processor core from the plurality of processor cores. System management functions are handled by the processor cores in the first subset, while operating system functions are handled by the processor cores not in the first subset. In an implementation, the number of processor cores to be included in the first subset (which may be zero if it is desired that the SoC may operate in legacy mode), may be controlled at boot time according to a boot setting.