MULTI-LEVEL LOOPS FOR COMPUTER PROCESSOR CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20190155362A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US16252012

    申请日:2019-01-18

    Abstract: In an embodiment, a processor includes processing cores, and a central control unit to: concurrently execute an outer control loop and an inner control loop, wherein the outer control loop is to monitor the processor as a whole, and wherein the inner control loop is to monitor a first processing core included in the processor; determine, based on the outer control loop, a first control action for the first processing core included in the processor; determine, based on the inner control loop, a second control action for the first processing core included in the processor; based on a comparison of the first control action and the second control action, select one of the first control action and the second control action as a selected control action; and apply the selected control action to the first processing core. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A USER CONFIGURABLE RELIABILITY CONTROL LOOP
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    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A USER CONFIGURABLE RELIABILITY CONTROL LOOP 审中-公开
    用户可配置可靠性控制环路的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150377955A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-31

    申请号:US14319197

    申请日:2014-06-30

    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a user configurable reliability control loop. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a reliability meter to track accumulated stress on components of the processor based on measured processor operating conditions; and a controller to receive stress rate limit information from a user or manufacturer and to responsively specify a set of N operating limits on the processor in accordance with the accumulated stress and the stress rate limit information; and performance selection logic to output one or more actual operating conditions for the processor based on the N operating limits specified by the controller.

    Abstract translation: 一种用户可配置可靠性控制回路的装置和方法。 例如,处理器的一个实施例包括:可靠性计量器,用于基于测量的处理器操作条件跟踪处理器的部件上的累积应力; 以及控制器,用于从用户或制造商接收压力限制信息,并且根据累积的应力和应力限制信息响应地在处理器上指定一组N个操作限制; 以及性能选择逻辑,用于基于由控制器指定的N个操作限制来输出处理器的一个或多个实际操作条件。

    Providing lifetime statistical information for a processor

    公开(公告)号:US09904339B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-27

    申请号:US14482148

    申请日:2014-09-10

    CPC classification number: G06F1/26 G06F1/3206 G06F1/324 G06F1/3296 Y02D10/126

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor includes multiple cores and a power control unit (PCU) coupled to the cores. The PCU has a stress detector to receive a voltage and a temperature at which the processor is operating and calculate lifetime statistical information including effective reliability stress, maintain the lifetime statistical information over multiple boot cycles of a computing system such as personal computer, server computer, tablet computer, smart phone or any other computing platform, control one or more operating parameters of the processor based on the lifetime statistical information, and communicate at least a portion of the lifetime statistical information to a user and/or a management entity via an interface of the processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

    Balanced control of processor temperature

    公开(公告)号:US09791904B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-17

    申请号:US14461039

    申请日:2014-08-15

    Abstract: In an embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores and a plurality of temperature sensors, where each core is proximate to at least one temperature sensor. The processor also includes a power control unit (PCU) including temperature logic to receive temperature data that includes a corresponding temperature value from each of the temperature sensors. Responsive to an indication that a highest temperature value of the temperature data exceeds a threshold, the temperature logic is to adjust a plurality of domain frequencies according to a determined policy that is based on instruction execution characteristics of at least two of the plurality of cores. Each domain frequency is associated with a corresponding domain that includes at least one of the plurality of cores and each domain frequency is independently adjustable. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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