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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2010
John B. Carter, Austin, TX (US);
Karthick Rajamani, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory S. Still, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey A. Stuecheli, Austin, TX (US);
Malcom S. Ware, Austin, TX (US);
John B. Carter, Austin, TX (US);
Karthick Rajamani, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory S. Still, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey A. Stuecheli, Austin, TX (US);
Malcom S. Ware, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present disclosure a method and technique for monitoring memory access is disclosed. The method includes monitoring access to a memory unit, updating an activity cache associated with an incrementor with access data corresponding to accesses to the memory unit, monitoring a rate of access to the memory unit, adjusting a sample rate of the access data for storage in the memory unit based on the rate of access, and scaling a value of the access data based on the sample rate.