PERFORMANCE MONITORS IN A MULTITHREADED PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE

摘要

A system comprising a plurality of execution units configured to execute, at least in part, a plurality of instruction threads; a plurality of performance monitors, each performance monitor being configured to collect performance information related to the execution of at least one instruction thread; a selected thread identifier configured to provide, during operation, the selection of at least one instruction thread; and a performance manager configured to filter, utilizing the selected thread, the information collected by the plurality of performance monitors.