Notifications in integrated circuits

An integrated circuit, comprising:

• an output interface configured to communicate with components of a computing system;
• wherein the integrated circuit is configured to:
• determine, at a point in time during operation of the integrated circuit, to generate a notification, wherein the notification includes a type and a timestamp indicating the point in time, and wherein the notification includes information about an internal status of the integrated circuit at the point in time;
• selecting a queue from a plurality of queues in a processor memory of the computing system;
• generate a write transaction including the notification, wherein the write transaction is addressed to the queue;
• output the write transaction using the output interface;
• and
• determine to generate a second notification concurrent with determining to generate the notification, wherein the second notification includes a same timestamp as the timestamp included in the notification.

A method for operating an integrated circuit, comprising:

• determining, at a point in time during operation of the integrated circuit, an internal status of the integrated circuit;
• determining to generate a notification including the internal status at the point in time, wherein the notification includes a type and a timestamp indicating the point in time;
• selecting a queue from a plurality of queues in a processor memory;
• generating a write transaction including the notification, wherein the write transaction is addressed to the selected queue in the processor memory;
• outputting the write transaction for writing to the processor memory;
• and
• determining to generate a second notification concurrent with determining to generate the notification, wherein the second notification includes a same timestamp as the timestamp included in the notification.