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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Jimmie Earl Dewitt, Georgetown, TX (US);
Frank Eliot Levine, Austin, TX (US);
Enio Manuel Pineda, Austin, TX (US);
Robert John Urquhart, Austin, TX (US);
Jimmie Earl DeWitt, Georgetown, TX (US);
Frank Eliot Levine, Austin, TX (US);
Enio Manuel Pineda, Austin, TX (US);
Robert John Urquhart, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable code for identifying processor utilization. A current event is detected. A number of elapsed cycles for a processor since a previous event are identified in response to detecting the current event. An elapsed time using the number of elapsed cycles and a current frequency of the processor is calculated, wherein the elapsed time is used to identify the processor utilization.