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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paolo Narvaez, Wayland, WA (US);
Ganapati N. Srinivasa, Portland, OR (US);
Eugene Gorbatov, Portland, OR (US);
Dheeraj R. Subbareddy, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Mishali Naik, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alon Naveh, Sausalito, CA (US);
Abirami Prabhakaran, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Eliezer Weissmann, Haifa, IL;
Paul Brett, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Scott D. Hahn, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew J. Herdrich, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Gaurav Khanna, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Russell J. Fenger, Beaverton, OR (US);
Bryant E. Bigbee, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Andrew D. Henroid, Portland, OR (US);
David A. Koufaty, Portland, OR (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A heterogeneous processor architecture is described. For example, a processor according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: a set of two or more small physical processor cores; at least one large physical processor core having relatively higher performance processing capabilities and relatively higher power usage relative to the small physical processor cores; virtual-to-physical (V-P) mapping logic to expose the set of two or more small physical processor cores to software through a corresponding set of virtual cores and to hide the at least one large physical processor core from the software.