Prioritizing Common Cache Level Visualization for Debugging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cache monitoring techniques are inadequate for effectively visualizing and debugging software applications, as they fail to provide comprehensive information about cache contents and states, which are crucial for determining the execution status and optimization of software applications.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that collect information from caches with a common cache level, prioritize them to display different cache levels, and provide this information to a processor for visualization, allowing users to view the contents and states of caches and memories, facilitating debugging and optimization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If cache monitoring techniques are used to collect information from caches, then cache information can be obtained, but the information cannot be effectively visualized and debugged due to inadequate display capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments cache information display by creating separate display regions for different cache levels (first cache level, second cache level, etc.). Each cache level is divided into independent display sections that can be individually configured and viewed, allowing comprehensive cache information to be organized into manageable segments that are easier to visualize and debug.
2Loss of information
If multiple caches at the same cache level are displayed, then comprehensive cache information is provided, but the display becomes complex and difficult to interpret
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a hierarchical dimension to the display structure by organizing caches into multiple cache levels (first cache level, second cache level, etc.). This dimensional organization transforms the flat, complex display of multiple caches into a structured hierarchical view, making it easier to interpret while maintaining comprehensive information display.
3Ease of operation
If caches at the same cache level are prioritized and displayed as different levels, then cache information becomes more organized and easier to debug, but the display manipulation increases system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring priority settings for different caches before display. The system automatically prioritizes caches and assigns them to different cache levels based on predetermined criteria, so that when information is displayed, it is already organized in an easy-to-debug format without requiring complex real-time manipulation.
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AI summary
An information carrier medium containing software that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to receive information from circuit logic that is adapted to collect the information from caches having a common cache level. The software also causes the processor to prioritize the caches having the common cache level such that the caches are displayable as having different cache levels.