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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

May. 16, 2013
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Frank Binns, Portland, OR (US);

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

Mayank Bomb, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Beeman C. Strong, Portland, OR (US);

Peter Lachner, Heroldstatt, DE;

Jason W. Brandt, Austin, TX (US);

Itamar Kazachinsky, Netanya, IL;

Ofer Levy, Atlit, IL;

Md A. Rahman, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3636 (2013.01); G06F 11/3024 (2013.01); G06F 11/348 (2013.01); G06F 11/3476 (2013.01); G06F 11/3055 (2013.01); G06F 2201/865 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there is provided systems and methods for providing status of a processing device with a periodic synchronization point in an instruction tracing system. For example, the method may include generating a boundary packet based on a unique byte pattern in a packet log. The boundary packet provides a starting point for packet decode. The method may also include generating a plurality of state packets based on status information of the processor. The plurality of state packets follows the boundary packet when outputted into the packet log.


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