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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Padmashree K. Apparao, Portland, OR (US);
Ravindra V. Velhal, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Padmashree K. Apparao, Portland, OR (US);
Ravindra V. Velhal, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for on-demand CPU licensing. An embodiment of a processor license system includes an agent to determine that a computer processing element in a computer system is faulty or unreliable. The system further includes an activation license manager. The activation license manager provides automatic activation of a spare computer processing element for the computer system upon a determination by the agent that the computer processing element is faulty or unreliable.