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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas B. Chadwick, Jr., Essex Junction, VT (US);
Michael R. Ouellette, Westford, VT (US);
Nancy H. Pratt, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/78 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G11C 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/7817 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/4247 (2013.01); G06F 13/4256 (2013.01); G11C 19/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for enumerating digital circuits in a system-on-a-chip (SOC) are disclosed. The method includes incrementing an enumeration value received from a previous enumerable instance to uniquely identify an immediately adjacent enumerable instance of a plurality of enumerable instances in a daisy chain configuration.