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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:
Nov. 21, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2015
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Girish Venkatasubramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Jamison D. Collins, San Jose, CA (US);

Jason M. Agron, San Jose, CA (US);

Polychronis Xekalakis, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45516 (2013.01); G06F 9/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a processor includes a front end unit to fetch and decode an instruction. The front end unit includes a first random number generator to generate a random value responsive to a profileable event associated with the instruction. The processor further includes a profile logic to collect profile information associated with the instruction responsive to a sample signal, where the sample signal is based on at least a portion of the random value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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