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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
May. 15, 1995
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, S.A., Gentilly Cedex, FR;
Abstract
Methods and test platforms for developing an application-specific integrated circuit incorporating, on the same chip, a signal processor core, RAM memory and ROM memory intended to receive a management program and processing program, and input-output management peripherals specific to the application. The signal processor, RAM memory and ROM memory correspond respectively to existing separate IC components. The processing program is developed and tested on a test platform including at least these separate IC components together with a core-emulation integrated circuit, which includes the signal processor core in a minimal configuration. An interface program and diagnostic interface logic allows the platform to be controlled from a microcomputer, which can thereby implement automatic chaining of tests.