CPC G06F 1/329 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3228 (2013.01); G06F 9/3836 (2013.01); G06F 9/4812 (2013.01); G06F 9/4893 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A processor comprising:
at least one core;
a workload monitor circuit coupled to the at least one core to determine background task metric information based on a first amount of time that the at least one core executed background tasks during an active duration; and
a control circuit coupled to the workload monitor circuit to dynamically apply a power management policy for a background mode when the background task metric information exceeds a first threshold, the power management policy for the background mode to reduce power consumption of at least the processor.
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