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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2010
Applicants:

Diego Melpignano, Monza, IT;

David Siorpaes, Cortina d'Ampezzo, IT;

Paolo Zambotti, Milan, IT;

Antonio Borneo, Matera, IT;

Inventors:

Diego Melpignano, Monza, IT;

David Siorpaes, Cortina d'Ampezzo, IT;

Paolo Zambotti, Milan, IT;

Antonio Borneo, Matera, IT;

Assignee:

STMicroelectronics S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A multi-processing system-on-chip including a cluster of processors having respective CPUs is operated by: defining a master CPU within the respective CPUs to coordinate operation of said multi-processing system, running on the CPU a cluster manager agent. The cluster manager agent is adapted to dynamically migrate software processes between the CPUs of said plurality and change power settings therein.


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