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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Arumugam Thiyagarajah, Folsom, CA (US);
Gaurav Khanna, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Stalinselvaraj Jeyasingh, Portland, OR (US);
Sohil Mehta, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Mukesh J. Jagasia, Folsom, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with virtual machine application processor startup, are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus for computing may include a plurality of processor cores; and a plurality of OS modules of an OS. The OS modules may include a BSP module and an AP module. The BSP module may be configured to write into a storage area a start state of an AP of a VM, while the VM is being started up; and the AP module may be configured to start the AP at the start state, directly in a protected mode of execution without first going through a real mode of execution. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.