Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including at least one processor, and a memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions configured to enable the at least one processor to identify, in response to running of an application, a plurality of tasks related to a running operation of the application, allocate virtual runtimes to the plurality of tasks when scheduling, adjust the virtual runtime of at least one task to be run with priority among the plurality of tasks to be a minimum value, arrange the at least one task with the adjusted virtual runtime, and run the at least one task with priority according to an arrangement order.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method of operating an electronic device are provided.

Abstract: An electronic device may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing movable with respect to the first housing; a flexible display in which a display area for displaying a screen is expanded or reduced as the second housing moves with respect to the first housing; a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: identify a change in the size of the display area on the basis of the movement of the second housing relative to the first housing; determine an application to be preloaded from among a plurality of applications on the basis of the identified size of the display area; load, into the memory, a preload process including some of resources for executing the determined application to be preloaded; and, in response to the occurrence of an event associated with the execution of the application to be preloaded, load an activity for the execution of the application by using the loaded preload process.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for scheduling a task in an electronic device including a heterogeneous multi-processor are provided. The electronic device includes a memory and a processor operatively connected to the memory and including a plurality of heterogeneous cores. The processor may be configured to identify, when a task to be scheduled occurs, a scheduling group having the task among a plurality of predefined scheduling groups, and to perform scheduling for the task, based on the identified scheduling group having the task and a priority of the task.

Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, a wireless communication unit, a memory and processor. The processor implements the method, including: identifying at least one application for which execution is predicted, based on a usage history of the electronic device and a state of the electronic device, executing a first loading procedure for the identified at least one application based on detecting satisfaction of a trigger condition related to the identified at least one application, after executing the first loading procedure, detecting occurrence of an event related to the identified at least one application, executing a second loading procedure for the identified at least one application in response to detecting the occurrence of the event, and on completion of the second loading procedure, displaying an execution screen of the identified at least one application via the display.

Abstract: Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) is performed based on a power step by setting a plurality of power levels corresponding to a plurality of available frequencies of a clock signal for an operation of a processor, setting a plurality of power steps corresponding to the plurality of available frequencies, and controlling a conversion between the plurality of power levels based on a utilization of the processor and the plurality of power steps. Performance and power consumption of a processor are controlled efficiently by performing power level conversion based on the power step.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including at least one processor, and a memory, operatively coupled to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions configured to enable the at least one processor to identify, in response to running of an application, a plurality of tasks related to a running operation of the application, allocate virtual runtimes to the plurality of tasks when scheduling, adjust the virtual runtime of at least one task to be run with priority among the plurality of tasks to be a minimum value, arrange the at least one task with the adjusted virtual runtime, and run the at least one task with priority according to an arrangement order.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for scheduling a task in an electronic device including a heterogeneous multi-processor are provided. The electronic device includes a memory and a processor operatively connected to the memory and including a plurality of heterogeneous cores. The processor may be configured to identify, when a task to be scheduled occurs, a scheduling group having the task among a plurality of predefined scheduling groups, and to perform scheduling for the task, based on the identified scheduling group having the task and a priority of the task.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method of operating an electronic device are provided.

Abstract: Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) is performed based on a power step by setting a plurality of power levels corresponding to a plurality of available frequencies of a clock signal for an operation of a processor, setting a plurality of power steps corresponding to the plurality of available frequencies, and controlling a conversion between the plurality of power levels based on a utilization of the processor and the plurality of power steps. Performance and power consumption of a processor are controlled efficiently by performing power level conversion based on the power step.

Abstract: In various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a processor including a plurality of cores, and a memory connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to, based on an abort of an execution of an instruction in a first core among the plurality of cores, determine whether a second core capable of executing the instruction exists in the plurality of cores, and to transfer the execution of the instruction to the second core, based at least on determining that the second core exists among the plurality of cores.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a touch-sensitive display; a processor electrically coupled to the display; and a memory electrically coupled to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that when executed, cause the processor to: display an icon on the display; receive a touch down event for the icon via the display; configure a screen to be displayed on the display, in response to the touch down event; receive a touch-up event for the icon via the display; and display the configured screen on the display, in response to the touch-up event. Other various embodiments are also possible.