Multiple stage fuse circuitry for counting failure events

An apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of stages of a failure event counting circuit comprising an Nth stage where N refers to an arbitrary stage of the plurality of stages of the failure event counting circuit, the Nth stage comprising:
• an Nth fuse trigger circuit configured to receive an event detector signal indicative of a failure event;
• an Nth electronic fuse (e-fuse) configured to disconnect a circuit path between a voltage source and a ground in response to the event detector signal;
• and
• an Nth delay circuit coupled to the Nth e-fuse and configured to cause a time delay for activating a subsequent stage of the failure event counting circuit in response to the Nth e-fuse disconnecting,
• wherein each of the stages of the failure event counting circuit is configured to use the respective e-fuse to record a discrete failure event;
• and
• a final stage of the failure event counting circuit connected to a last stage of the plurality of stages of the failure event counting circuit, the final stage comprising:
• a final fuse trigger circuit to receive a final event detector signal indicative of a final failure event, and
• a final e-fuse configured to disconnect in response to the final event detector signal.