Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Providing deterministic, reproducible, and random sampling in a processor
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Application No.: US14742908Application Date: 2015-06-18
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Publication No.: US09823938B2Publication Date: 2017-11-21
- Inventor: Girish Venkatasubramanian , Jamison D. Collins , Jason M. Agron , Polychronis Xekalakis
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F9/45
- IPC: G06F9/45 ; G06F9/455 ; G06F9/30

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160371065A1 PROVIDING DETERMINISTIC, REPRODUCIBLE, AND RANDOM SAMPLING IN A PROCESSOR Public/Granted day:2016-12-22
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