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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2008
Andreas Bieswanger, Ehningen, DE;
Andrew Geissler, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Hye-young Mccreary, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Freeman L. Rawson, Iii, Austin, TX (US);
Andreas Bieswanger, Ehningen, DE;
Andrew Geissler, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Hye-Young McCreary, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Freeman L. Rawson, III, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Mechanisms for dynamically managing core pools are provided. The mechanisms measure the amount of a computational load on a computing device. One way of measuring the load may consist of executing a number of instructions, in a unit of time, with numerous cores of the computing device. The mechanisms compare the number of instructions executed with specific thresholds. Depending on whether the number of instructions is higher or lower than the thresholds, the computing devices may respond by activating and deactivating cores of the computing devices. By limiting execution of instructions of the computing device to a smaller number of cores and switching one or more cores to a lower power state, the devices may conserve power.