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Technique for monitoring activity within an integrated circuit

US8656411B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventor

Lance Hacking · Spanish Fork, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 2008
Grant date	Feb 18, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/885
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique to monitor events within a computer system or integrated circuit. In one embodiment, a software-accessible event monitoring storage and hardware-specific monitoring logic are selectable and their corresponding outputs may be monitored by accessing a counter to count events corresponding to each of software-accessible storage and hardware-specific monitoring logic.

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