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US 2006/0225050 A1Published application
Dynamic selection of a compression algorithm for trace data
AssigneeMIPS Technologies, Inc.
InventorRadhika Thekkath
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Abstract
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.
Claims1
A tracing system, comprising:
- a plurality of compression modules that receive trace data input, each of said plurality of compression modules being configured to compress a piece of trace data to produce a piece of compressed trace data;
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- a compression selector module coupled to said plurality of compression modules, said compression selector module receiving pieces of compressed trace data that are produced by said plurality of compression modules, said compression selector module selecting the piece of compressed trace data that exhibits a desired level of trace data compression.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.