CPC G06F 9/505 (2013.01) [G06F 9/30043 (2013.01); G06F 9/3802 (2013.01); G06F 9/3836 (2013.01); G06F 9/4403 (2013.01); G06F 9/4418 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An overprovisioned microprocessor comprising:
at least one first physical compute resource within a core of the overprovisioned microprocessor in a dark power state in a first operating condition;
at least one second physical compute resource within the core in an active power state;
a dynamic configuration logic capable of:
detecting an activation-warranting operating condition;
undarkening the at least one first physical compute resource responsive to detecting the activation-warranting operating condition;
detecting a configuration-warranting operating condition; and
dynamically configuring the overprovisioned microprocessor to use the at least one first physical compute resource responsive to detecting the configuration-warranting operating condition.
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