Intel Corporation

Eilon Hazan

Tsvika Kurts

Todd M Witter

Geeyarpuram N Santhanakrishnan

Marcelo Yuffe

Guillermo Savransky

Sean T Baartmans

Marcus R Winston

Arie Bernstein

Daniel Skaba

Rony Ghattas

Jason Ratner

Sharon Elmosnino

A processing device comprises a debug port controller to monitor operations of the processing device to determine whether the processing device is operating in a first mode or a second mode and to collect trace information comprising operating characteristics of the processing device. The processing device further comprises a display engine logic to process display data for output to a display device. In addition, the processing device comprises a display engine interface to provide, to a plurality of existing platform connectors, the display data from the display engine logic when the processing device is operating in the first primary mode and the trace information from the debug port controller when the processing device is operating in the second mode as determined by the debug port controller.

High-speed debug port using standard platform connectivity

A high integration integrated circuit may comprise a plurality of processing cores, a graphics processing unit, and an uncore area coupled to an interface structure such as a ring structure. A generic debug external connection (GDXC) logic may be provisioned proximate to the end point of the ring structure. The GDXC logic may receive internal signals occurring in the uncore area, within the ring structure and on the interfaces provisioned between the plurality of cores and the ring structure. The GDXC logic may comprise a qualifier to selectively control the entry of the packets comprising information of the internal signals into the queue. The GDXC logic may then transfer the packets stored in the queues to a port provisioned on the surface of the integrated circuit packaging to provide an external interface to the analysis tools.

Generic debug external connection (GDXC) for high integration integrated circuits

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Eilon Hazan