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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Intel Ip Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rolf H. Kuehnis, Portland, OR (US);
Sankaran M. Menon, Austin, TX (US);
Patrik Eder, Taufkirchen BY, DE;
Intel IP Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques and mechanisms to exchange test, debug or trace (TDT) information via a general purpose input/output (I/O) interface. In an embodiment, an I/O interface of a device is coupled to an external TDT unit, wherein the I/O interface is compatible with an interconnect standard that supports communication of data other than any test information, debug information or trace information. One or more circuit components reside on the device or are otherwise coupled to the external TDT unit via the I/O interface. Information exchanged via the I/O interface is generated by, or results in, the performance of one or more TDT operations to evaluate the one or more circuit components. In another embodiment, the glue logic of the device interfaces the I/O interface with a test access point that is coupled between the one or more circuit components and the I/O interface.