Performance monitor and method therefor
US6937961B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 26, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 26, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/88
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to a monitoring unit and method which counts a number of qualified clusters of a selected event type based on a size threshold, granularity threshold, and distance threshold time. In one embodiment, a qualified cluster is a cluster which meets both the size threshold and granularity threshold. In one embodiment, a qualified cluster is detected and counted by the cluster counter if it occurs at least the distance threshold time after a previous counted qualified cluster. For example, in one implementation, the performance monitor waits until a distance threshold time expires prior to detecting a next qualified cluster. Alternatively, all qualified clusters are detected where the cluster counter counts a qualified cluster only if it occurs at least the distance threshold time after a previous qualified cluster, regardless of whether it was counted by the cluster counter or not.
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