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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Katsuyuki Kimura, Kamakura, JP;
Katsuyuki Kimura, Kamakura, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A microprocessor a microprocessor includes: a processor module executing an instruction to generate trace information including the information of the kind and the length of the instruction; an application processing circuit operating in cooperation with the processor module to process a specific application; an address calculating circuit calculating an execution address for executing the instruction based on the information of the instruction length; a data obtaining circuit obtaining data from the application processing circuit when the calculated execution address is located within a range of a designated address; and a trace memory in which the obtained data is stored together with the trace information.