Thursday, October 22
REGISTRATION: 2:00pm - 7:00pm
OPENING SESSION: 4:00pm - 5:00pm

  • Welcome Address - Y. Zorian, General Chair
  • Invited Presentation - The Market for System-on-Chip Testing, R. Puhakka, VLSI Research Inc.
SESSION 1: 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Current Practices in System-on-Chip Test

Session Moderator: Gordon Robinson, Credence Systems

1.1Addressable Test Ports an Approach to Testing Embedded Cores, Lee Whetsel, Texas Instruments
1.2IP/VC-based Test Methodology: A Case Study, Sobhan Mukherji*, Loc Nguyen, Fujitsu, Dwayne Burek, Steve Baird, Tosh Hirasawa, S. Aryani, LogicVision
1.3An Industrial Approach to Core Testing, A. Benso, Politecnico di Torino, G. Borgonovo, D. Grassi, M. Lobetti Bodoni*, A. Pricco, Italtel, Italy
Discussion Panel:

  • Rob Aitken, HP
  • Mike Ricchetti, Synopsys
  • Shianling Wu, Lucent Technologies

RECEPTION: 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Friday, October 23

BREAKFAST: 7:00am - 8:00am
SESSION 2: 8:00am - 10:00am

New Approaches in Testing Embedded Cores

Session Moderator: P. Teixeira, INESC, Portugal

2.1Issues in Testing of Non-Isolated Embedded Cores and their Surrounding Logic, Irith Pomeranz*, University of Iowa, Yervant Zorian, LogicVision
2.2A Novel Approach to Optimizing IEEE 1149.1 for Systems with Multiple Embedded Cores, Jake Karrfalt, ASC, Zainalabedin Navabi*, Notheastern University, Casper Stoel, ASC
2.3Incremental Test of Bus-Oriented Designs, Aziz Fortas*, Ronald Tangelder, Hans Kerkhoff, University of Twente, The Netherlands
2.4HD-BIST: a Hierarchical Distributed BIST Architecture for SOC, Alfredo Benso*, Silvia Chiusano, Paolo Prinetto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, Yervant Zorian, LogicVision
Discussion Panel:

  • Scott Davidson, Sun
  • Michael Nicolaidis, TIMA
  • Nur Touba, University of Texas
COFFEE BREAK: 10:00am - 10:30am
SESSION 3: 10:30am - 12:30pm

Experiences in Testing Reusable Core-based Systems

Session Moderator: E.J. McCluskey, Stanford University

3.1SOC Test Issues for Interconnect Cores, Thomas L. Anderson, Phoenix Technologies
3.2Test Strategy for TI's TMS320AV7100 Device, Jayashree Saxena*, Paul Policke, Ken Cyr, Agapito Benavides, Harry Malpass, Francis Ngoh, Texas Instruments
3.3A Production Test Environment for Complex System on a Chip ASIC Products Incorporating the Rambus ASIC Cell, Kevin M. Grosselfinger*, James A.Monzel, IBM
3.4A New Test Methodology for Testing Embedded Memories in Core-based System-on-a-Chip ICs, Rochit Rajsuman, Advantest
Discussion Panel:

  • Bill Bottoms, Credence Systems
  • Brion Keller, IBM
  • Jim Sproch, Synopsys

Coorganized with: IEEE Design & Test of Computers

LUNCH: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
SESSION 4: 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Invited Session

The Prospects of Test Standardization: IEEE P1500, Yervant Zorian, LogicVision, Lee Whetsel, Texas Instruments, Rohit Kapur, Synopsys
SESSION 5: 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Philips' Approach to Core Test

Session Moderator: Rene Segers, Philips

5.1Core based Test for a System on Chip Architecture Framework, Robert Arendsen*, Maurice Lousberg, Philips Semiconductor, The Netherlands
5.2Integration of Structural-test Methods into an Architecture Specific Core-Test Approach, Chris Feige*, Clemens Wouters, Philips Semiconductor, The Netherlands
5.3Test Protocol Scheduling for Embedded-Core Based System ICs, Erik Jan Marinissen*, Joep Aerts, Philips Research Laboratories, The Netherlands
Discussion Panel:

  • Debashis Bhattacharya, Texas Instruments
  • Richard Chrusciel, Advantest
  • R. Chandramouli, Synopsys
  • Dimitris Gizopoulos, 4PLUS