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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Abhishek Bansal, Bangalore, IN;
Nitin P. Gupta, Bangalore, IN;
Brad L. Herold, Austin, TX (US);
Jayakumar N. Sankarannair, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 11/28 (2006.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30058 (2013.01); G06F 9/3804 (2013.01); G06F 11/2236 (2013.01); G06F 11/28 (2013.01); G06F 9/3005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for processor testing includes dividing a memory space into first and second portions and generating first and second sets of test instructions for the respective first and second portion. The first and second sets each include a plurality of counter increment/branch instruction pairs where each branch instruction of the first set branches to a backward instruction location and each branch instruction of the second set branches to a forward instruction location.