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Hardware-enabled instruction tracing

  • US 20040139305A1
  • Filed: 01/09/2003
  • Published: 07/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A data processing system, comprising:

  • an instruction pipeline, including;

    one or more execution units that execute instructions;

    an instruction sequencing unit coupled to said one or more execution units, wherein said instruction sequencing unit dispatches instructions to said execution units for execution;

    a memory controller for a memory containing an instruction trace log; and

    an interconnect coupled to said instruction pipeline and to said memory controller, wherein said interconnect transmits to said memory controller for storage in said instruction trace log instructions processed within said instruction pipeline.

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