Performance adder for tracking occurrence of events within a circuit
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJeffrey C. Swanson, John A. Wickeraad
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Abstract
A performance adder for providing a running total of performance values within an integrated circuit chip. The performance adder is triggered by various performance events as determined through multiplexer logic for detecting occurrence of a particular performance event. The multiplexer logic can also trigger the performance adder through atomic, edge, toggle, or on/off signals related to the performance events or through a logical function of a combination of performance events. The performance adders can be used to compute average latency of a component in the circuit.
Claims9
A method of adding performance values within a circuit, comprising:
- storing a performance adder final value in a register;
- providing configurably selected performance values and configurably selected event signals based upon performance events occurring within the circuit,
- wherein the performance values and event signals selected from available performance values and event signals can be configured;
- and
- adding the performance values based upon the selected event signals and storing a resulting signal in the register as an updated performance adder final value.
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