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 date | Mar 5, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2011 |
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- 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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