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workload/operating systems adds and removes threads from cores the resultant power<br />

level changes drastically. <strong>The</strong> power difference between cores in the active versus idle<br />

state is much greater than differences within the active state.<br />

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Figure 7.4: Utilization of Multiple Cores <strong>by</strong> SYSmark 2007 Benchmark<br />

<strong>The</strong> effect of these frequent transitions on power and per<strong>for</strong>mance is significant. <strong>Bircher</strong><br />

et al [BiJo08] show that the slow reaction of the Vista DVFS algorithm leads to a<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance loss of 6%-10% <strong>for</strong> SYSmark 2007. It is shown that this per<strong>for</strong>mance loss<br />

is due to a large portion of the benchmark operating at DVFS state with frequencies as<br />

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