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Internally Controlling and Enhancing Advanced Test and Characterization in a Multiple Core Microprocessor
Internally Controlling and Enhancing Advanced Test and Characterization in a Multiple Core Microprocessor
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机译:内部控制和增强多核微处理器中的高级测试和特性
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A mechanism is provided for internally controlling and enhancing advanced test and characterization in a multiple core microprocessor. To decrease the time needed to test a multiple core chip, the mechanism uses micro-architectural support that allows one core, a control core, to run a functional program to test the other cores. Any core on the chip can be designated to be the control core as long as it has already been tested for functionality at one safe frequency and voltage operating point. An external testing device loads a small program into the control core's dedicated memory. The program functionally running on the control core uses micro-architectural support for functional scan and external scan communication to independently test the other cores while adjusting the frequencies and/or voltages of the other cores until failure. The control core may independently test the other cores by starting, stopping, and determining pass/fail results.
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