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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Samsung Ltd., Hwaseong-si, KR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Sung-Boem Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Amir Nahir, Megadim, IL;
Vitali Sokhin, Haifa, IL;
Wisam Kadry, Haifa, IL;
Jin Sung Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Ara Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Hwaseong-si, KR;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product to be employed by a hardware component under validation, wherein the hardware component having a plurality of processing units each belonging to one of at least two types, such that one of the at least two types of processing units is less error-prone than a remainder of the at least two types. The method comprising: designating one of the processing units of the hardware component under validation that belongs to the less error-prone type as a manager processing unit; initiating execution of a tester program code for testing processing units, by processing units of the hardware component other than the manager processing unit; and, monitoring by the manager processing unit the status of the processing units during execution of the tester program code.