Method for using a portion of the system cache as a trace array

Details Method for using a portion of the system cache as a trace array Method for using a portion of the system cache as a trace array

2005-08-16

2005-08-16

Chace, Christian P. (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Hierarchical memories

C711S153000, C711S173000, C714S045000, C717S128000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06931492

ABSTRACT:
A method is disclosed for instructing a computing system to allocate a trace array from an original cache memory, where the method includes dividing the original cache memory into a reduced-size cache memory and a trace array, permitting storage of trace signal data into the trace array, and permitting retrieval of the trace signal data from the trace array.

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