Patents by Inventor Pedro Chappero Monferrer

Pedro Chappero Monferrer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Thread migration to improve power efficiency in a parallel processing environment
    Patent number: 8806491
    Abstract: A method and system to selectively move one or more of a plurality threads which are executing in parallel by a plurality of processing cores. In one embodiment, a thread may be moved from executing in one of the plurality of processing cores to executing in another of the plurality of processing cores, the moving based on a performance characteristic associated with the plurality of threads. In another embodiment of the invention, a power state of the plurality of processing cores may be changed to improve a power efficiency associated with the executing of the multiple threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Qiong Cai, José González, Pedro Chappero Monferrer, Grigorios Magklis, Antonio González