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Apparatus, method and system for determining application runtimes based on histogram or distribution information

US6564175B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2000
Grant dateMay 13, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2020

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

Abstract

A method for determining an estimated runtime of a software application, the method including the providing of a reference runtime of the software application for a reference system configuration, wherein the reference system configuration includes a processor, a processor bus and at least one processor service component, the providing of a processor bus utilization parameter associated with the reference system configuration, the providing of a first processor bus queue statistic associated with the reference runtime, the providing of a second processor bus queue statistic associated with the reference runtime, and determining the estimated runtime based on the reference runtime, the processor bus utilization parameter, the first processor bus queue statistic and the second processor bus queue statistic.

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