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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
May. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sherman Lee, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
James R MacDonald, Buda, TX (US);
Michael T Wisor, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39580037 ; 39580032 ; 39580036 ; 39518307 ; 3951832 ; 395726 ;
Abstract
A system and method for providing a microprocessor with a software accessible serial number. A plurality of programmable fuses on the processor are encoded with a value representative of a serial number. Circuitry is provided on the processor for transferring the value encoded on the programmable fuses to a machine specific or general purpose register or storage device. The machine specific or general purpose register or storage unit is software accessible.