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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by wmf on Thursday November 04, 2021 @11:56PM (#29115276)
I think people are just now starting that research and blog posts like this one are all we have so far.
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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by dev_tty01 on Friday November 05, 2021 @12:16AM (#29115390)
Asymmetric multiprocessing has been a big topic of research for many, many years.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=asy...

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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by wmf on Friday November 05, 2021 @12:48AM (#29115576)
Yeah, but I'd bet 90% of that research makes wacky assumptions that don't apply to real processors. When real hardware becomes available you start over from scratch. (Source: I am a former CS researcher.)
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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by seniorivn on Friday November 05, 2021 @04:58AM (#29116896)
isn't arm big little architecture the norm in a wildly used processors for a decade or so?
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