Method for using a portion of the system cache as a trace array
US6931492B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 2, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/2515
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is disclosed for instructing a computing system to allocate a trace array from an original cache memory, where the method includes dividing the original cache memory into a reduced-size cache memory and a trace array, permitting storage of trace signal data into the trace array, and permitting retrieval of the trace signal data from the trace array.
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