Power profiling

Systems and methods are described for profiling the power consumption of software instructions executing on a processor. A power measurement circuit records power consumption levels of a processor executing various software instructions. A profiling tool tracks and identifies the instructions being...

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Main Authors GEIGER, AVI, MIDKIFF, JEFFREY D, YANG, YONGQI, AASHEIM, JERED DONALD
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 31.12.2008
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Systems and methods are described for profiling the power consumption of software instructions executing on a processor. A power measurement circuit records power consumption levels of a processor executing various software instructions. A profiling tool tracks and identifies the instructions being executed on the processor and generates an association between the instructions and the power consumed during execution of those instructions. The power profile enables the precise isolation and identification of instructions relative to amounts of power consumed during the execution of those instructions.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20040012763