Provisioning of performance states for central processing units (cpus)

A computing device, comprising:

• a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) having a visible buffer to store a visible video frame that is being displayed and a working buffer to store a working video frame that is currently being prepared for display by the GPU, the GPU being configured to swap the visible buffer and the working buffer at a plurality of specific timeframes in response to the working video frame being completed;
• and
• a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configured to:
• estimate the plurality of specific timeframes that a plurality of workloads are to be completed to determine a plurality of workload completion windows,
• identify a process that is performing the plurality of workloads from among a plurality of processes that are being executed by the CPU over the plurality of workload completion windows,
• provision a performance state from among a plurality of different performance states to execute the process to complete the plurality of workloads within the plurality of workload completion windows,
• determine whether the plurality of workloads being performed by the process are a plurality of deadline-bound workloads, and
• execute, based on determining the plurality of workloads are the deadline-bound workloads, the plurality of workloads in accordance with the performance state.

A System on Chip (SoC), comprising:

• a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU);
• a memory;
• and
• a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configured to:
• estimate a plurality of specific timeframes that a plurality of workloads are to be completed to determine a plurality of workload completion windows,
• identify a process that is performing the plurality of workloads from among a plurality of processes that are being executed by the CPU over the plurality of workload completion windows,
• provision a performance state from among a plurality of different performance states to execute the process to complete the plurality of workloads within the plurality of workload completion windows,
• determine whether the plurality of workloads being performed by the process are a plurality of deadline-bound workloads, and
• execute, based on determining the plurality of workloads are the deadline-bound workloads, the plurality of workloads in accordance with the performance state.