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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Malcolm S. Allen-Ware, Tucson, AZ (US);
Alan James Drake, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Stephen Floyd, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Charles Robert Lefurgy, Austin, TX (US);
Karthick Rajamani, Austin, TX (US);
Tobias Webel, Schwaebisch Gmuend, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for managing a processor, the processor comprising a common supply rail and processor cores being connected to the common supply rail, wherein each processor core comprises a core unit, wherein the method comprises detecting idle state exits indicated by the core units; and delaying a command execution of at least one of the core units indicating an idle state exit when the number of idle state exits exceeds a predetermined threshold idle state exit number may reduce voltage droops due to several processor cores leaving the idle state at the same time.