In DPDK 19.05, support was added to the power management library to allow pinning of threads to any available higher performing cores. This lightning talk gives an overview of how DPDK can benefit and utilize a new technology introduced in recent CPUs, called Speed Select Technology – Base Frequency, which gives a guaranteed higher frequency on some of the cores in the processor. It also goes through the API changes added to DPDK to allow applications maximize their performance, along with a sample application to demonstrate their use.
