DE69811832T2 - Verfahren zur Schätzung von Statistiken der Eigenschaften von durch eine Prozessorpipeline bearbeiteten Wechselwirkungen - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Schätzung von Statistiken der Eigenschaften von durch eine Prozessorpipeline bearbeiteten Wechselwirkungen

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DE69811832T2
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Jeffrey A. Dean
James E. Hicks
Stephen C. Root
Carl A. Waldspurger
William E. Weihl
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/30—Monitoring
    • G06F11/34—Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation ; Recording or statistical evaluation of user activity, e.g. usability assessment
    • G06F11/3447—Performance evaluation by modeling
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/30—Monitoring
    • G06F11/34—Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation ; Recording or statistical evaluation of user activity, e.g. usability assessment
    • G06F11/3466—Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to error detection, to error correction, and to monitoring
    • G06F2201/87—Monitoring of transactions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to error detection, to error correction, and to monitoring
    • G06F2201/88—Monitoring involving counting

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DE69811832T 1997-11-26 1998-11-25 Verfahren zur Schätzung von Statistiken der Eigenschaften von durch eine Prozessorpipeline bearbeiteten Wechselwirkungen Expired - Lifetime DE69811832T2 (de)

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US08/980,164 US6119075A (en) 1997-11-26 1997-11-26 Method for estimating statistics of properties of interactions processed by a processor pipeline

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