Patent ID: 11892969
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A processor, comprising:
a plurality of architecturally identical cores, wherein a first core of the plurality of architecturally identical cores has a first physical characteristic and a second core of the plurality of architecturally identical cores has a second physical characteristic different from the first physical characteristic,
wherein a plurality of embedded values corresponding to default voltages of the plurality of architecturally identical cores are included in the processor, each embedded value to be used to determine a default voltage for a respective core of the plurality of architecturally identical cores;
a messaging interface to communicatively couple the processor to a component, the component to provide a plurality of values for a corresponding plurality of cores of the architecturally identical cores, each value of the plurality of values for one individual core of the corresponding plurality of cores; and
a processor control unit, PCU, to individually set voltages of individual cores of the corresponding plurality of cores of the plurality of architecturally identical cores based on the plurality of values provided by the component, wherein the voltages are to individually override corresponding default voltages and are different from the corresponding default voltages.