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Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2012
Applicants:

Laura A. Knauth, Portland, OR (US);

Matthew C. Merten, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Ronak Singhal, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Hugh M. Caffey, Portland, OR (US);

Inventors:

Laura A. Knauth, Portland, OR (US);

Matthew C. Merten, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Ronak Singhal, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Hugh M. Caffey, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/80 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30109 (2013.01); G06F 9/30112 (2013.01); G06F 11/3409 (2013.01); G06F 11/3466 (2013.01); G06F 2201/88 (2013.01);
Abstract

A processor includes an execution unit to execute instructions, where each operand of each executed instruction has one or more elements of an element size and at least one operand of the instruction corresponds to a register of a register size. The processor further includes a counter configured to count a number of instructions that have been executed by the execution unit associated with a particular combination of register size and element size.


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