摘要:
A heterogeneous processor architecture and a method of booting a heterogeneous processor is described. A processor according to one embodiment comprises: a set of large physical processor cores; a set of small physical processor cores having relatively lower performance processing capabilities and relatively lower power usage relative to the large physical processor cores; and a package unit, to enable a bootstrap processor. The bootstrap processor initializes the homogeneous physical processor cores, while the heterogeneous processor presents the appearance of a homogeneous processor to a system firmware interface.
摘要:
A system and method is provided for establishing safe processor operating points. Some embodiments may include a tamper resistant storage element that stores information regarding one or more operating points of an adjustable processor operating parameter. Some embodiments may further include an element to determine what the current processor operating point is of the operating parameter, and an element to compare the current operating point of the operating parameter with the stored information.
摘要:
A system and method for fencing memory accesses. Memory loads can be fenced, or all memory access can be fenced. The system receives a fencing instruction that separates memory access instructions into older accesses and newer accesses. A buffer within the memory ordering unit is allocated to the instruction. The access instructions newer than the fencing instruction are stalled. The older access instructions are gradually retired. When all older memory accesses are retired, the fencing instruction is dispatched from the buffer.
摘要:
A method and system of deadlock free bus protection of memory and I/O resources during secure execution. A bus cycle initiates entry of a bus agent into a secure execution mode. The chipset records an identifier of the secure mode processor. Thereafter, the chipset intercedes if another bus agent attempts a security sensitive bus cycle before the secure mode processor exits the secure mode.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for a zero voltage processor sleep state. A processor may include a dedicated cache memory. A voltage regulator may be coupled to the processor to provide an operating voltage to the processor. During a transition to a zero voltage power management state for the processor, the operational voltage applied to the processor by the voltage regulator may be reduced to approximately zero and the state variables associated with the processor may be saved to the dedicated cache memory.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for limiting the exposure of hardware failure information is described. In one embodiment, an error reporting system of a processor may log various status and error address data into registers that retain their contents through a warm reset event. But the error reporting system of the processor may then determine whether the processor is operating in a trusted or secure mode. If not, then the processor's architectural state variables may also be logged into registers. But if the processor is operating in a trusted or secure mode, then the logging of the architectural state variables may be inhibited, or flagged as invalid.
摘要:
Embodiments of apparatuses, methods, and systems detecting spin loops in a virtual machine environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes detection logic and virtualization logic. The detection logic is to detect whether a guest is executing a spin loop. The virtualization logic is to transfer control of the apparatus from the guest to a host in response to the detection logic detecting that the guest is executing the spin loop
摘要:
A system and method for flushing a cache line associated with a linear memory address from all caches in the coherency domain. A cache controller receives a memory address, and determines whether the memory address is stored within the closest cache memory in the coherency domain. If a cache line stores the memory address, it is flushed from the cache. The flush instruction is allocated to a write-combining buffer within the cache controller. The write-combining buffer transmits the information to the bus controller. The bus controller locates instances of the memory address stored within external and intel cache memories within the coherency domain; these instances are flushed. The flush instruction can then be evicted from the write-combining buffer. Control bits may be used to indicate whether a write-combining buffer is allocated to the flush instruction, whether the memory address is stored within the closest cache memory, and whether the flush instruction should be evicted from the write-combining buffer.
摘要:
The invention provides a method and apparatus for performing complex digital filters. According to one aspect of the invention, a method for performing a complex digital filter is described. The complex digital filter is performed using a set of data samples and a set of complex coefficients. In addition, the complex digital filter is performed using a inner and outer loop. The outer loop steps through a number of corresponding relationships between the set of complex coefficients and the set of data samples. The inner loop steps thorough each complex coefficient in the set of complex coefficients. Within the inner loop, the data sample corresponding to the current complex coefficient (the complex coefficient currently identified by the inner loop) is determined according to the current corresponding relationship (the corresponding relationship currently identified by the outer loop). Then, in response to receiving an instruction, eight data elements are read and used to generate a currently calculated complex number. These eight data elements were previously stored as packed data and include two representations of each of the components of the current complex coefficient and its current corresponding data sample. Each of these data elements is either the positive or negative of the component they represent. As a result of the manner in which these eight data elements are stored, the currently calculated complex number represents the product of the current complex coefficient and its current corresponding data sample. The currently calculated complex number is then added to the current output packed data.
摘要:
An antistatic composition containing a crosslinked thermosetting resin formed by reacting, in the presence of a water-soluble solvent, (a) a polyaminoamide having unreacted primary and secondary amine groups and (b) a polychlorohydrin derivative.