Alpha 21164 Testability Strategy

  • Authors:
  • Dilip K. Bhavsar;John H. Edmondson

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Design & Test
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

We describe the testability strategy and design-for-test features of the Alpha 21164 microprocessor. We discuss the specific testability and manufacturability issues of the chip and the innovative solutions employed to solve them.The Alpha 21164 microprocessor is a superscalar implementation of Digital's 64-bit RISC architecture designed to meet the requirements of a wide variety of systems ranging from PC clients to enterprise server systems.