CPU utilization metering on systems that include multiple hardware threads per core

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8838940
APP PUB NO 20070288728A1
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11449154

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Indicating usage in a system is disclosed. Indicating includes obtaining active thread information related to a number of hardware threads in a processor core, combining the active thread information with information related to a decreasing ability of the processor core to increase throughput by utilizing additional hardware threads, and indicating the usage in the system based at least in part on both the active thread information and the ability of the processor core to increase throughput by utilizing additional hardware threads.

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AZUL SYSTEMS INC1600 PLYMOUTH STREET MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043

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Click,, Jr Cliff N San Jose, US 14 55
Tene, Gil Los Altos Hills, US 53 789
Wolf, Michael A San Francisco, US 53 1372

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