For the primary time, Intel has launched a hardware-based scheduler that lastly has visibility into the kind of threads being scheduled. Intel is looking this Thread Director know-how and this may first be obtainable in Alder Lake CPUs the place it’ll work with Home windows 11 to prioritize duties to the assorted cores based mostly on their nature. For the primary time, a {hardware} scheduler can ship background duties to the small cores and performance-requiring duties to the efficiency cores.
Right here is the Intel Thread Director demo, Intel’s Rajshree Chabukswar confirmed off at Intel Structure Day 2023:
Right here is an instance of how Intel Thread Director works:
