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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ; G06F 7/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ; G06F 7/38 ;
Abstract
An integral breakpoint detector. The integral breakpoint detector may be included in a processor, a chipset, or another bus agent. One embodiment is an apparatus such as an integrated circuit that includes a bus interface to communicate with a bus and an integrated breakpoint detector. The bus interface may include a bus tracker which communicates with the integrated breakpoint detector. The integrated breakpoint detector is to provide a first indication responsive to an occurrence of a predetermined relationship between a programmable value and a condition related to the bus.