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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vidyashankar Viswanathan, Boxborough, MA (US);
Richard E. George, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Y. Chow, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/317 (2006.01); G01R 31/3183 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/287 (2013.01); G01R 31/2879 (2013.01); G01R 31/31718 (2013.01); G01R 31/318314 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for operating a processing device is disclosed. The method includes irreversibly activating a testing mode switch of the processing device; in response to the activating, entering a testing mode in which normal operation of the processing device is disabled; receiving software for the processing device in the testing mode; based on whether the software is verified as testing mode-signed software, executing or not executing the software.