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To: Elmer who wrote (133489)4/27/2001 3:23:32 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Elmer, <P4 has some builtin DFT logic that doesn't have to be there. Removal would add a significant boost to frequency and shrink the die. I expect to see this in the future.>

Is this standard practice? Wouldn't this apply to any new processor core, not just Pentium 4?

Tenchusatsu



To: Elmer who wrote (133489)4/27/2001 3:25:12 PM
From: GVTucker  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
Elmer, RE: P4 has some builtin DFT logic that doesn't have to be there. Removal would add a significant boost to frequency and shrink the die. I expect to see this in the future.

There must be some reason why it's there, however unjustifiable.

What's the reason?



To: Elmer who wrote (133489)4/27/2001 5:06:25 PM
From: Tony Viola  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
DFT: design for test???


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