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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2023
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Raghava Rao Denduluri, Cupertino, CA (US);
Conrado Blasco, San Mateo, CA (US);
Nitin Makhija, San Jose, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Implementing asymmetric processor cores to enable higher operating frequencies in processor-based devices is disclosed herein. In some aspects, a processor-based device provides a core cluster that comprises a plurality of processor cores and a corresponding phase-locked loop (PLL). Each processor core is based on a common instruction set architecture (ISA) and is configured to operate synchronously based on a same clock signal from the PLL of the core cluster. A first subset of processor cores within the core cluster is implemented with a different physical characteristic relative to a second subset of processor cores within the core cluster, wherein the different physical characteristic enables each processor core of the first subset of processor cores to operate at a higher operating frequency than each processor core of the second subset of processor cores.