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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ekaterina M. Ambroladze, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Deanna Postles Dunn Berger, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Michael Fee, Cold Spring, NY (US);

Christine C. Jones, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Arthur J. O'Neill, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Diana Lynn Orf, Somerville, NY (US);

Robert J. Sonnelitter, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3867 (2013.01); G06F 11/3419 (2013.01); G06F 11/3466 (2013.01); G06F 2201/88 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pipelined processing device includes: a pipeline controller configured to receive at least one instruction associated with an operation from each of a plurality of subcontrollers, and input the at least one instruction into a pipeline; and a pipeline counter configured to receive an active time value from each of the plurality of subcontrollers, the active time value indicating at least a portion of a time taken to process the at least one instruction, the pipeline controller configured to route the active time value to a shared pipeline storage for performance analysis.


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