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15 years ago

Performance counter VS Timestamp interval timer

Hello What are the difference between Performance Counter and Timestamp interval timer ?
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15 years ago

One is written to be used an an interval timer, as in to give an interrupt to software at a given frequency. The other is written to be used for performance measurements.