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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kiichiro Tamaru, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Kanuma, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuo Yamada, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 224 ; 371 161 ;
Abstract
In a system including LSIs, the signature register used for self-testing the LSI functions is assigned to one register accessible by a machine instruction. The signature is calculated in the self-test operation, and the calculation result is updated depending on the result from the execution of the machine instruction. With the above technical idea, the test function for the LSI function is available not only for the test mode, but also for the normal operation. This simplifies the self-test program for testing the functions of the application system.