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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2005
Frances S. Clougherty, South Burlington, VT (US);
Benjamin R. Bayat, Williston, VT (US);
Frances S. Clougherty, South Burlington, VT (US);
Benjamin R. Bayat, Williston, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system sorts manufactured integrated circuit devices by evaluating performance characteristics of the manufactured integrated circuit devices. All of the integrated circuit devices are manufactured using an identical design, and differences in the performance characteristics among the integrated circuit devices occurs because of variations including manufacturing line variations. The integrated circuit devices are sorted into groups according to the performance characteristics and are utilized in different computing devices depending upon individual performance requirements of the computing devices.