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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Steven M. Douskey, Rochester, MN (US);
Ryan A. Fitch, Southfield, MI (US);
Michael J. Hamilton, Rochester, MN (US);
Dennis M. Rickert, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods to test processor cores of a multi-core processor microchip are provided. Comparison circuitry may be configured to compare data output from processor cores of a microchip. An encoding module may be configured to encode received data by initially assigning binary bit values to the processor cores. Based on at least one of a number of the processor cores and a first binary bit value, a first additional binary bit may be added to the first binary bit value. The first binary bit value may be assigned to a first processor core of the plurality of processor cores.