Tracing out-of-order data

Details Tracing out-of-order data Tracing out-of-order data

2006-08-15

2006-08-15

Dam, Tuan (Department: 2192)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

Testing or debugging

C714S045000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07093236

ABSTRACT:
An integrated circuit is provided with a tracing mechanism that is responsive to data access misses to insert a data place holder within a stream of trace data. When the missed data is later returned, this is inserted into the stream of traced data as a later data value. Analysis of the stream trace data may subsequently correlate between instructions that gave rise to data misses and the late data that was subsequently returned.

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