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3.5.15.3. Performance Monitor Unit
Each Arm* v8-A CPU has a Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) that enables events such as cache misses and executed instructions to be counted over a period of time. The PMU supports 58 events to gather statistics on the operation of the processor and memory system. You can use up to six counters in the PMU to count and record events in real time. The PMU counters are 32-bit and are enabled based on events.
You can access each CPU's PMU counters through the system interface or from an external debugger. The events are also supplied to the Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM) and can be used for trigger or trace.