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Tips for testing processor cores
Ron Press, Mentor Graphics
4/11/2012 11:14 AM EDT
Editor's Note: This article originally published on Test & Measurement World...
The use of processor cores is very popular throughout the electronics industry. An IC integrator has many things to worry about, but testing the processor core should not be one of them. You can structure the test aspects of the core in a manner that makes them effective and predictable, regardless of the IC design. Here, I will discuss a test strategy that you can use with any core, although I will focus on ARM cores because they are used in so many designs.
Cores generally can be implemented along with user logic in an IC and tested as one entity of the overall IC design. An effective test strategy for the core can provide lots of design flexibility. A few implementation approaches can make a big difference in the IC test strategy.
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The use of processor cores is very popular throughout the electronics industry. An IC integrator has many things to worry about, but testing the processor core should not be one of them. You can structure the test aspects of the core in a manner that makes them effective and predictable, regardless of the IC design. Here, I will discuss a test strategy that you can use with any core, although I will focus on ARM cores because they are used in so many designs.
Cores generally can be implemented along with user logic in an IC and tested as one entity of the overall IC design. An effective test strategy for the core can provide lots of design flexibility. A few implementation approaches can make a big difference in the IC test strategy.
Follow the jump directly to Test & Measurement World to finish reading the article.
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