Monitoring computer systems

Abstract

Abstract A software analyzer monitors the performance of a particular device (CPU) in a data processing system in which the CPU and other devices are connected to a common bus to which access is granted on a priority basis. The analyzer is positioned on the bus in priority position adjacent to the particular device whose bus use is to be detected, and includes bus utilization detection logic which determines when the common bus has been awarded to the particular device even though there may have been other devices simultaneously requesting access to the common bus. The analyzer is thus connected in the same manner as other devices are connected to the common bus, instead of requiring internal connections to the CPU.

Inventors

• 👤 Daniel A. Boudreau

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