At what level is it determined whether the large core or a smaller core will be used for a particular task? Can it be determined by the programmer with certain libraries? Is it determined by the compiler? Even lower level?
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@lamme, yes. Any and all of these are possible methods to assign work to the different cores. For the research being described here, all cores are being used and the large core is used for sequential work. For that publication, it was not important to describe the specific methods, and instead state that somehow the work is appropriately assigned.
At what level is it determined whether the large core or a smaller core will be used for a particular task? Can it be determined by the programmer with certain libraries? Is it determined by the compiler? Even lower level?
@lamme, yes. Any and all of these are possible methods to assign work to the different cores. For the research being described here, all cores are being used and the large core is used for sequential work. For that publication, it was not important to describe the specific methods, and instead state that somehow the work is appropriately assigned.