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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
May. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian K. Angell, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian K. Angell, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A graphics processor includes a graphics pipeline having a set of tap points. A configurable test point selector monitors a selected subset of tap points and counts statistics for at least one condition associated with each tap point of the subset of tap points.