Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Processor testing using randomly generated branch instructions
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Application No.: US15722938Application Date: 2017-10-02
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Publication No.: US10585668B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Abhishek Bansal , Nitin P. Gupta , Brad L. Herold , Jayakumar N. Sankarannair
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent James L. Baudino
- Main IPC: G06F9/30
- IPC: G06F9/30 ; G06F11/28 ; G06F9/38 ; G06F11/22

Abstract:
A process for processor testing includes generating a set of test instructions having a first portion and a second portion. A first branch instruction is randomly generated for the first portion where the first branch instruction branches to a respective instruction in a second portion by a branching location offset. A second branch instruction is randomly generated for the second portion where the second branch instruction branches to a respective instruction in the first portion by the branching location offset. If additional instructions are to be added to the set of test instructions, a value of the branching location offset is incrementing by a predetermined amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180024833A1 PROCESSOR TESTING Public/Granted day:2018-01-25
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