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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eliezer Weissmann, Haifa, IL;
Arik Gihon, Rishon Le Zion, IL;
Efraim Rotem, Haifa, IL;
Paul S. Diefenbaugh, Portland, OR (US);
Eric C. Samson, Folsom, CA (US);
Michael Mishaeli, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Yoni Aizik, Haifa, IL;
Chen Ranel, Kfar Saba, IL;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for determining thread execution parallelism. For example, a processor in accordance with one embodiment comprises: a plurality of cores to execute a plurality of threads; a plurality of counters to collect data related to the execution of the plurality of threads on the plurality of cores; a dependency analysis module to analyze the data related to the execution of the threads and responsively determine a level of inter-thread dependency; and a control module to responsively adjust operation of the plurality of cores based on the determined level of inter-thread dependency.