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Program event recorder and data processing system

US3931611A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 1973
Grant dateJan 6, 1976
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Expiry dateDec 10, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3636
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for program event recording in a data processing system and is used, for example, in debugging programs. A program event occurs whenever an address in the data processing system falls within a range between a control lower address (DTCL) and a control upper address (DTCU). The system detects a program event without degrading system performance using carry-lookahead adder structures which implement four inequality relationships.

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