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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2008
Ayse K. Coskun, La Jolla, CA (US);
Aleksey M. Urmanov, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenny C. Gross, San Diego, CA (US);
Keith A. Whisnant, San Diego, CA (US);
Ayse K. Coskun, La Jolla, CA (US);
Aleksey M. Urmanov, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenny C. Gross, San Diego, CA (US);
Keith A. Whisnant, San Diego, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer system that schedules loads across a set of processor cores is described. During operation, the computer system receives thermal measurements from sensors associated with the set of processor cores, and removes noise from the thermal measurements. Then, the computer system analyzes thermal properties of the set of processor cores based on the thermal measurements. Next, the computer system receives a process to be executed, and schedules the process to be executed by at least one of the processor cores based on the analysis. This scheduling is performed in a manner that reduces spatial and temporal thermal variations in the integrated circuit.