Core pairing in multicore systems
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsManoj Dusanapudi, Prasanna Jayaraman, Rahul M. Rao
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Abstract
A method, executed by a computer, includes pairing a first core with a second core to form a first core group, wherein each core of the group has a plurality of functional units, transferring instructions received by the first core to the second core for execution via a first inter-core communication bus, and executing the instructions on the second core. A computer system and computer program product corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.
Claims20
A method, executed by a computer, the method comprising:
- pairing a first core with a second core to form a first core group, wherein each core of the first core group has a plurality of functional units;
- and
- transferring instructions received by the first core to the second core for execution via a first inter-core communication bus.
A computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer readable storage media;
- program instructions stored therein for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising instructions for:
- pairing a first core with a second core to form a first core group, wherein each core of the first core group has a plurality of functional units;
- and
- transferring instructions received by the first core to the second core for execution via a first inter-core communication bus.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising instructions for:
- pairing a first core with a second core to form a first core group, wherein each core of the first core group has a plurality of functional units;
- and
- transferring instructions received by the first core to the second core for execution via a first inter-core communication bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.