Patent ID: 7818596

Claim:
A method of setting a performance state (P-state) of a turbo mode enabled processor having at least two or more cores, the method comprising: determining an effective P-state over a predetermined time period based on a ratio of an actual count (ACNT) and maximum count (MCNT), wherein the MCNT counts the maximum number of execute clocks at a maximum non-turbo mode core frequency and the ACNT counts the number of execute clocks at actual core frequency and the effective P-state is P-state effective =(ACNT/MCNT)*100; and setting the turbo mode enabled processor to a turbo mode P-state of each core of the two or more cores when the effective P-state value is greater than 100%, wherein the turbo mode P-state is represented by a number which is higher than an actual selectable frequency of a core of the two or more cores.