Abstract: Techniques for managing workloads in processor cores are disclosed. High priority or mission critical workloads may be assigned to processor cores of a processor. When a power limited throttling condition is met, the processor may throttle some of its cores while not throttling the cores with the high priority or mission critical workloads assigned to it. Such an approach can ensure that mission critical workloads continue even upon throttling of the processor cores.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing device includes processing circuitry to receive a request to evaluate a plurality of platform configurations for deployment of an application workload on a compute platform, wherein the application workload is to be deployed based on one or more workload requirements; deploy a representative workload on the compute platform based on the plurality of platform configurations, wherein the representative workload is representative of the application workload; obtain performance data for the plurality of platform configurations, wherein the performance data is obtained based on deploying the representative workload on the compute platform; and determine, based on the performance data, whether the plurality of platform configurations satisfy the one or more workload requirements.

Abstract: Telemetry information provided by a computing device includes switching key performance indicators (KPIs), platform KPIs, and topology information. The telemetry information is used to identify performance issues at the computing device, such as packets being dropped in a virtual switching stack or misconfiguration errors. A virtual switching monitor can identify which layers in the switching stack have errors and whether the errors occur along a transmit or receive path in the switching stack. A virtual switching controller can identify remedial actions that can be taken at the computing device to remedy a performance issue. A remedial action can be taken automatically, subject to user approval, or automatically after additional criteria are met.