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Figure 7.3: Six-Core Phenom 2 Desktop Activity Levels<br />
Figure 7.4 takes the active-idle analysis of SYSmark to a deeper level <strong>by</strong> showing the<br />
core activity level within each subtest. Unlike traditional scientific and computing<br />
benchmarks, core activity level varies greatly over time. <strong>The</strong> primarily single-thread E-<br />
Learning and Productivity subtests are composed of single core active phases<br />
interspersed with all cores idle. <strong>The</strong> frequent transitions between active and idle make<br />
power management decisions difficult. Reacting too quickly to idle phases can induce<br />
excessive per<strong>for</strong>mance loss as code execution is halted to allow transition of clocks,<br />
voltage planes or component state. At the other extreme the 3D and Video Creation<br />
workloads have large sections of all cores being active. <strong>The</strong>se regions, also interspersed<br />
with all-idle and one-active regions are critical <strong>for</strong> power sharing strategies. As the<br />
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