International Business Machines Corporation

Brett Adam St Onge

Sriram Srinivasan Mandyam

Robert James Ramirez

Archie Don Barrett, Jr

Jason Raymond Baumgartner

Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami

Brian Walter O'Krafka

Kenneth Lee Wright

Nadeem Malik

Avijit Saha

Zhongru Julia Lin

Apparatus and methods for dynamic simulation event triggering

A multiprocessor data processing system includes a shared main memory and a plurality of processors connected to the memory utilizing a system bus. Data is transferred utilizing the system bus. The plurality of processors include a first processor and a second processor. The first processor includes a first cache, and the second processor includes a second cache. The multiprocessor data processing system executes a test program. During execution of the test program, a first and a second trace are generated. The first trace is generated by monitoring all events occurring at a first location within the system. The second trace is generated by monitoring all events occurring at a second location within the system. Each event is associated with a time of occurrence of that event. The first trace includes each event which was monitored at the first location and the time associated with each event. The second trace includes each event which was monitored at the second location and the time associated with each event. The first and second traces are stored and utilized to determine if the multiprocessor data processing system is operating correctly.

Method and system for testing a multiprocessor data processing system

An improved method and system for creating state machines in microcode. State machines are typically defined by a plurality having at least a combinations of current state, next state. Each one of the current states and next states are typically assigned unique values to distinguish them from other current states and next states, respectively. Upon an examination of the binary bit representations for the combinations, certain repetitive patterns become apparent between certain sections of the combinations. These recognized repetitive bit patterns are grouped and represented by linked lists and associated with one another to form the necessary relationship to define the represented combinations. Thus, saving memory and/or storage resources.

Method for implementing state machine using link lists by dividing each

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