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Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2005
Applicants:

Silvio Picano, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Sridhar Jayaraman, Portland, OR (US);

Peter Desrosier, Portland, OR (US);

James Chung, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Silvio Picano, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Sridhar Jayaraman, Portland, OR (US);

Peter DesRosier, Portland, OR (US);

James Chung, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to provide a parallel test mode for multi-core processors. A test access port (TAP) in a first processor core generates a first test data output (TDO) from a first test data input (TDI) or a first delayed TDI according to a TDO select bit. The first delayed TDI is clocked by a test clock (TCK). The first processor core has a first core circuit. The TAP generates a phase select word. A clock generator generates a clock signal synchronized with the TCK and has a low phase and a high phase. A first enable circuit enables first core data from the first core circuit in one of the low and high phases of the clock signal according to the phase select word.


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