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Article #2101Re: Instruction (dis)continuation (long)
From: bob larson
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1989 20:01
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1989 20:01
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In article <2353@oakhill.UUCP> shebanow@oakhill.UUCP (Mike Shebanow) writes:
>I believe (but I am willing to be proved wrong) that anything that can
>be done using instruction continuation can also be done using restart.
Since instruction continuation requires the ability to save and restore
internal state information, this could be (ab)used in various ways.
The only reasonable one I can think of is for chip testing. (For both
design and manufacuring defects.) See the periodicly repeating discussion
of testabilty on sci.electrionics.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!usc!basil.usc.edu!blarson From: blarson@basil.usc.edu (bob larson) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Instruction (dis)continuation (long) Message-ID: <19677@usc.edu> Date: 3 Sep 89 20:01:00 GMT References: <AGLEW.89Aug21205533@chant.urbana.mcd.mot.com> <1989Aug24.215104.156@mentor.com> <231@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> <2345@oakhill.UUCP> <204@bbxeng.UUCP> <2353@oakhill.UUCP> Sender: news@usc.edu Reply-To: blarson@basil.usc.edu (bob larson) Organization: USC AIS, Los Angeles Lines: 15