Bus bridge with performance monitor

The present invention relates to a bus bridge for use in a data processing system comprising: a primary bus interface (206) coupled to a primary bus (202); a secondary bus interface (208) coupled to a secondary bus (204); a performance monitor register (218); and a state machine (210) connected to t...

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Main Authors NEAL, DANIEL MARVIN, BUCKLAND, PAT ALLEN, THURBER, STEVEN MARK
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 05.12.2001
Edition7
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:The present invention relates to a bus bridge for use in a data processing system comprising: a primary bus interface (206) coupled to a primary bus (202); a secondary bus interface (208) coupled to a secondary bus (204); a performance monitor register (218); and a state machine (210) connected to the primary and secondary bus interfaces and configured to record the occurrence of a specified event in the performance monitor register.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20010000192