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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
Pedro Chaparro Monferrer, Barcelona, ES;
Jaume Abella, Barcelona, ES;
Xavier Vera, Barcelona, ES;
Javier Carretero Casado, Barcelona, ES;
Pedro Chaparro Monferrer, Barcelona, ES;
Jaume Abella, Barcelona, ES;
Xavier Vera, Barcelona, ES;
Javier Carretero Casado, Barcelona, ES;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for on-line testing for decode logic are presented. In one embodiment, a processor comprises translation logic to decode an instruction to micro-operations and extraction logic to determine first information about numbers of occurrences of fields in the micro-operations. In one embodiment, the processor further comprises verification logic to indicate whether the decoding results of the instruction are accurate based at least on the first information.