Power optimization for multi-core devices having a shared memory manager

摘要

Methods and systems for a multi-core processing system are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first operating system (OS) core for managing kernel services. The first OS core includes a first physical memory, a first memory manager, and a first scheduler for scheduling a process to be executed, wherein the process is associated with a plurality of threads. At least two second OS cores comprise a second OS core and a third OS core. The apparatus includes a shared memory manager and a shared scheduler that are shared by the at least two second OS cores. The shared memory manager and the shared scheduler are configured to communicate with the first memory manager and the first scheduler, respectively, to initiate offloading of one or more of the threads from the first OS core to at least one of the at least two second OS cores for execution.