1. A system comprising: a graphics processor; a system memory; a digital signal processor; an audio I/O unit; a video I/O unit: and a multi-core processor coupled to the graphics processor, the memory, the digital signal processor, the audio I/O unit, and the video I/O unit, the multi-core processor including a first processing core and a second processing core; wherein the first processing core is capable of operating at a higher processing throughput than that of the second processing core; wherein, in response to an occurrence of an event, a task processed on the first processing core is to be transferred from the first processing core to the second processing core after saving a core state of the first processing core and providing the core state to the second processing core; and wherein the first processing core is to be placed in a lower power state after the second processing core resumes processing the task.