Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Software debugger for packets in a network on a chip
- Patent Title (中): 软件调试器,用于芯片上网络中的数据包
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Application No.: US12255837Application Date: 2008-10-22
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Publication No.: US07992043B2Publication Date: 2011-08-02
- Inventor: Eric O. Mejdrich , Paul E. Schardt , Robert A. Shearer , Matthew R. Tubbs
- Applicant: Eric O. Mejdrich , Paul E. Schardt , Robert A. Shearer , Matthew R. Tubbs
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent James E. Boice
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00

Abstract:
A breakpoint packet is dispatched to a Network On A Chip (NOC). The breakpoint packet instructs one or more specified nodes on the NOC to place the specified nodes, or a core or hardware thread within a specified node, to execute in “single step” mode, in order to enable a debugging of a work packet that is dispatched to the specific node.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100100770A1 SOFTWARE DEBUGGER FOR PACKETS IN A NETWORK ON A CHIP Public/Granted day:2010-04-22
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