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Validating the Intel Pentium 4 Processor
Overview Developing a new leading-edge Intel Architecture microprocessor is an immensely complicated undertaking. The microarchitecture of the Pentium 4 processor is significantly more complex than any previous Intel Architecture microprocessor, so the challenge of validating the logical correctness of the design in a timely fashion was indeed a daunting one. In order to meet this challenge, the authors applied a number of innovative tools and methodologies, which enabled to keep functional validation off the critical path to tapeout while meeting the goal of ensuring that first silicon was functional enough to boot operating systems and run applications.
| Publisher | Intel | File Format | |
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| Date Published | February 2001 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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