Patents Examined by Bradford A Rodgers-Farme
  • Real-time address trace generation
    Patent number: 7454666
    Abstract: A method for tracing of instructions executed by a processor is provided which includes providing a type of instruction to be traced and tracing at least one instruction corresponding to the type of instruction. The method further includes storing data without stopping from the tracing into a memory until the memory is full.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Jordan, Joseph T. Rahmeh, Gregory F. Grohoski