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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2008
Valeria Bertacco, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Todd Michael Austin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Smitha Shyam, San Jose, CA (US);
Kypros Constantinides, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sujay Phadke, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Valeria Bertacco, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Todd Michael Austin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Smitha Shyam, San Jose, CA (US);
Kypros Constantinides, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sujay Phadke, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting microprocessor hardware faults includes sending at least one input signal to a logic block within the microprocessor, collecting an output response to the input signal from the logic block, and determining whether the output response matches an expected output response of the logic block.