1. Technical Field
Embodiments generally relate to power management in computing platforms. More particularly, embodiments relate to periodic activity alignment to enhance power efficiency in computing platforms.
2. Discussion
Computing platforms may enter various sleep states during periods of idleness in order to reduce power consumption. Sleep state entry may be effectively disabled, however, during semi-active workloads due to key elements of the platform such as processor/graphics cores, main memory, system interconnects, etc., becoming even lightly active. Accordingly, conventional platforms may experience a steep drop in energy efficiency when processing typical semi-active workloads.