Fence randomization with inter-chip fencing constraints
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDaniel Alexander Thorne, Kevin Calabrese
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Abstract
Fence randomization with inter-chip fencing constraints, including: receiving a fencing setup comprising one or more parameters for fencing a plurality of chips in a plurality of drawers; and selecting, based on the one or more parameters and one or more dependencies for implementing the one or more parameters, a subset of the plurality of chips for fencing, wherein the subset of the plurality of chips are selected at least partially randomly; generating a testing configuration indicating the selected subset of the plurality of chips.
Claims20
A method of fence randomization with inter-chip fencing constraints, the method comprising:
- receiving a fencing setup comprising one or more parameters for fencing a plurality of chips in a plurality of drawers;
- selecting, based on the one or more parameters and one or more dependencies for implementing the one or more parameters, a subset of the plurality of chips for fencing, wherein the subset of the plurality of chips are selected at least partially randomly;
- generating a fencing configuration indicating the selected subset of the plurality of chips;
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- performing one or more test operations on only the selected subset of the plurality of chips based on the fencing configuration.
An apparatus for fence randomization with inter-chip fencing constraints, the apparatus comprising a computer processor and computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
- receiving a fencing setup comprising one or more parameters for fencing a plurality of chips in a plurality of drawers;
- selecting, based on the one or more parameters and one or more dependencies for implementing the one or more parameters, a subset of the plurality of chips for fencing, wherein the subset of the plurality of chips are selected at least partially randomly;
- generating a fencing configuration indicating the selected subset of the plurality of chips;
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- performing one or more test operations on only the selected subset of the plurality of chips based on the fencing configuration.
A computer program product for fence randomization with inter-chip fencing constraints, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
- receiving a fencing setup comprising one or more parameters for fencing a plurality of chips in a plurality of drawers;
- selecting, based on the one or more parameters and one or more dependencies for implementing the one or more parameters, a subset of the plurality of chips for fencing, wherein the subset of the plurality of chips are selected at least partially randomly;
- generating a testing configuration indicating the selected subset of the plurality of chips;
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- performing one or more test operations on only the selected subset of the plurality of chips based on the fencing configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.