Tracing program counter addresses using native program counter format and instruction count format
US7318176B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3656
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of tracing program counter activity in a data processor periodically transmits a program counter sync point including the current program counter address. Between sync points the program counter address is indicated by a program counter offset relative to the last program counter sync point. The program counter offset is sent as integral number of sections of a predetermined number of bits. Program counter sync points are transmitted often enough so that the program counter offset requires at most one less section than the program counter address.
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