Patent ID: 6918065
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for compressing trace information of a computer system, the method comprising: receiving first trace information from the computer system, the first trace information including at least one of an operand address, program counter, bus analyzer and instruction addresses; representing the at least one of an operand address, program counter, bus analyzer and instruction addresses as a relative address with respect to second trace information, the second trace information being trace information that has been received from the computer system prior to the first trace information, the second trace information including at least one of an operand address, program counter, bus analyzer and instruction addresses; and representing timing information associated with the first trace information by a time difference with respect to timing information associated with the second trace information, wherein the first trace information is associated with a first cycle and the second trace information is associated with a second cycle, wherein a third cycle is provided between the first and second cycles.