Determining thermal characteristics of instruction sets
US7870370B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 19, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and products for determining thermal characteristics of instruction sets comprising one or more computer program instructions executed by a computer processor are disclosed that include tracking, in a performance counter, a number of classes of instructions run during execution of a plurality of instruction sets; identifying, for each instruction set, from the performance counter, a number of each class of instructions run during execution of the instruction set; and ranking the instruction sets in dependence upon the number of each class of instructions run during execution of each instruction set and a profile of thermal characteristics of classes of instructions.
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