PROGRAM COUNTER AND DATA TRACING FROM A MULTI-ISSUE PROCESSOR

Patent №

US 7,124,072

Granted

2006-10-17

Filed 2001

Owner

MIPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Lab

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AI components

hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

09844671

A system and method for program counter and data tracing is disclosed. The tracing mechanism of the present invention enables increased visibility into the hardware and software state of the processor core.

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MIPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

assignment · 121930685

Assignors

THEKKATH, RADHIKA, UHLER, GEORGE MICHAEL, TREUE, FRANZ, HUDEPOHL, LAWRENCY HENRY, RAJAGOPALAN, VIDYA

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