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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Malcolm S. Allen-Ware, Austin, TX (US);

Ronald J. Bolam, East Fairfield, VT (US);

Alan J. Drake, Round Rock, TX (US);

Charles R. Lefurgy, Austin, TX (US);

Barry P. Linder, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY (US);

Steven W. Mittl, Essex, VT (US);

Karthick Rajamani, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2851 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mechanism is provided for determining a modeled age of a mufti-core processor. For each core in a set of cores in the multi-core processor, a determination is made of a temperature, a voltage, and a frequency at regular intervals for a set of degradations and a set of voltage domains, thereby forming the modeled age of the multi-core processor. A determination is made as to whether the modeled age of the multi-core processor is greater than an end-of-life value. Responsive to the modeled age of the multi-core processor being greater than an end-of-life value, an indication is sent that the multi-core processor requires replacement.


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