System, apparatus and method for functional testing of one or more fabrics of a processor

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes at least one fabric to interface with a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks of the apparatus, the at least one fabric including at least one status storage, and a fabric bridge controller coupled to the at least one fabric. The fabric bridge contro...

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Hauptverfasser: Adler, Robert P, Pappu, Lakshminarayana, Raja Gopal, R. Selvakumar
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In one embodiment, an apparatus includes at least one fabric to interface with a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks of the apparatus, the at least one fabric including at least one status storage, and a fabric bridge controller coupled to the at least one fabric. The fabric bridge controller may be configured to initiate a functional safety test of the at least one fabric in response to a fabric test signal received during functional operation of the apparatus, receive a result of the functional safety test via the at least one status storage, and send to a destination location a test report based on the result. Other embodiments are described and claimed.