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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
May. 03, 2006
Maximino Aguilar, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
Charles Ray Johns, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Richard Nutter, Austin, TX (US);
James Michael Stafford, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Maximino Aguilar, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
Charles Ray Johns, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Richard Nutter, Austin, TX (US);
James Michael Stafford, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, data processing system, computer usable code, and apparatus are provided for optimizing the thermal performance of a computer system. A set of processor cores associated with the computer system are identified. A thermal index is requested for each of the set of processor cores and the processor cores are ranked based on the thermal index. Software is then mapped to execute on an optimal processor core form the set of processor cores based on the ranking.