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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sreejit Chakravarty, San Jose, CA (US);
Oscar Mendoza, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Ramasubramanian Rajamani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bryan J. Gran, Boylston, MA (US);
Sorin Iacobovici, San Jose, CA (US);
Neel Shah, Billerica, MA (US);
Michael Neve de Mevergnies, Beaverton, OR (US);
John Cruz Mejia, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Amy L. Santoni, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A processor, including: a core; system test circuitry, the system test circuitry to be locked during operational processor operation; reset circuitry including a kick-off test (KOT) input, the reset circuitry to detect a reset with the KOT input asserted, and to initiate an in-field system test (IFST) mode; a test interface controller to receive in IFST mode an encrypted test packet having a signature, verify the signature of the test packet, and decrypt the test packet; and IFST control circuitry to cause the system test circuitry to perform an IFST test according to the decrypted test packet and to log or report results.