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+#                      Data Parallel Control (dpctl)
+#
+# Copyright 2020-2024 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import time
+
+import pytest
+
+import dpctl
+import dpctl.tensor as dpt
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def profiling_queue():
+    try:
+        q = dpctl.SyclQueue(property="enable_profiling")
+    except dpctl.SyclQueueCreationError:
+        pytest.skip(
+            "Could not created profiling queue " "for default-selected device"
+        )
+    return q
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "device_timer", [None, "queue_barrier", "order_manager"]
+)
+def test_sycl_timer_queue_barrier(profiling_queue, device_timer):
+    dev = dpt.Device.create_device(profiling_queue)
+
+    timer = dpctl.SyclTimer(
+        host_timer=time.perf_counter, device_timer=device_timer, time_scale=1e3
+    )
+
+    with timer(dev.sycl_queue):
+        x = dpt.linspace(0, 1, num=10**6, device=dev)
+        y = 3.0 - dpt.square(x - 0.5)
+        z = dpt.sort(y)
+        res1 = z[-1]
+        res2 = dpt.max(y)
+
+    host_dt, device_dt = timer.dt
+
+    assert dpt.all(res1 == res2)
+    assert host_dt > 0
+    assert device_dt > 0
+
+
+def test_sycl_timer_accumulation(profiling_queue):
+    q = profiling_queue
+
+    timer = dpctl.SyclTimer(
+        host_timer=time.perf_counter,
+        device_timer="order_manager",
+        time_scale=1e3,
+    )
+
+    # initial condition
+    x = dpt.linspace(0, 1, num=10**6, sycl_queue=q)
+
+    aitkens_data = [
+        x,
+    ]
+
+    # 16 iterations of Aitken's accelerated Newton's method
+    # x <- x - f(x)/f'(x) for f(x) = x - cos(x)
+    for _ in range(16):
+        # only time Newton step
+        with timer(q):
+            s = dpt.sin(x)
+            x = (dpt.cos(x) + x * s) / (1 + s)
+        aitkens_data.append(x)
+        aitkens_data = aitkens_data[-3:]
+        if len(aitkens_data) == 3:
+            # apply Aitkens acceleration
+            d1 = aitkens_data[-1] - aitkens_data[-2]
+            d2 = aitkens_data[-2] - aitkens_data[-3]
+            if not dpt.any(d1 == d2):
+                x = aitkens_data[-1] - dpt.square(d1) / (d1 - d2)
+
+    # Total time for 16 iterations
+    dev_dt = timer.dt.device_dt
+    assert dev_dt > 0
+
+    # check convergence
+    assert dpt.max(x) - dpt.min(x) < 1e-5
+
+
+def test_sycl_timer_validation():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        dpctl.SyclTimer(device_timer="invalid")
+
+    timer = dpctl.SyclTimer()
+    mock_queue = Ellipsis
+
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        timer(mock_queue)