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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2021
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bharat S. Pillilli, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Johan Van De Groenendaal, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for booting and using a single CPU socket as a multi-CPU partitioned platform. The single CPU socket includes a plurality of core tiles that a partitioned into a plurality of virtual clusters comprising CPU sub-sockets. Each of the CPU sub-sockets in coupled to an Input-Output (IO) tile having an integrated boot support block and comprising a plurality of IO interfaces including at least one IO interface configured to receive boot signals for booting the sub-sockets and an IO interface to access boot firmware stored in a firmware storage device coupled to the IO interface. The integrated boot support block is configured to facilitate booting of each of the plurality of CPU sub-sockets using a shared set of boot resources coupled to the plurality of IO interfaces.