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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Dean G. Bair, Bloomington, NY (US);
Rebecca M. Gott, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Edward J. Kaminski, Jr., Wynnewood, PA (US);
William J. Lewis, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Pre-silicon fairness evaluation to detect fairness issues pre-silicon. Drivers drive a plurality of commands on one or more interfaces of a device under test to test the device under test. State associated with the device under test is checked. Based on the state, a determination is made as to whether the drivers are to continue driving commands against the device under test. Based on determining that the drivers are to continue driving the commands, a further determination is made as to whether a predefined limit has been reached. Based on determining the predefined limit has been reached, ending the test of the device under test in which the test fails.