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Using DMA for copying performance counter data to memory

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OSTI ID:1113227
A device for copying performance counter data includes hardware path that connects a direct memory access (DMA) unit to a plurality of hardware performance counters and a memory device. Software prepares an injection packet for the DMA unit to perform copying, while the software can perform other tasks. In one aspect, the software that prepares the injection packet runs on a processing core other than the core that gathers the hardware performance data.
Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,621,167
Application Number:
13/446,467
OSTI ID:
1113227
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Afterburner (network-independent card for protocols) journal July 1993
Instruction-level characterization of scientific computing applications using hardware performance counters conference January 1999
A Portable Programming Interface for Performance Evaluation on Modern Processors journal August 2000

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