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Title:
HARDWARE BASED UTILIZATION MEASURING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004054932
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide hardware base utilization measuring apparatus used in a computer system having one or a plurality of central processing units.

The hardware based utilization measuring apparatus and a corresponding method is used in the computer system having one or more central processing units (CPUs) to provide a measured value of CPU utilization. The apparatus includes a state indicator connected to the CPU. The state indicator receives an indication when the CPU is in a first state which is a busy state. A counter is connected to the state indicator and a system clock, it receives a measured value of system time from the system clock, it receives data related to the indication when the CPU is in the first state, and it generates a counter value indicating time the CPU is in the first state. A data usage provider connected to the counter maintains the counter value at a nonvolatile value.


Inventors:
CIRCENIS EDGAR
Application Number:
JP2003181951A
Publication Date:
February 19, 2004
Filing Date:
June 26, 2003
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Assignee:
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO
International Classes:
G06F11/34; G04F1/00; G07C3/04; H03K21/40; (IPC1-7): G06F11/34
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Next student Okada
Naoya Fushimi
Yukari Hirano