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Activity monitor system non-obtrusive statistical monitoring of operations on a shared bus of a multiprocessor system

US5193179A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 1991
Grant dateMar 9, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2201/88
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An activity monitor for monitoring activity on a bus connecting a plurality of processors, monitors the bus to determine the bus master and other bus activities. In response thereto, predetermined memory locations are enabled to count events on the bus or calculate time spans for various bus activities.

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