Amazon patents tool to auto-update chip test scripts
Amazon has been granted a patent for a software method that simplifies how engineers test computer chips. The system uses a template to create a test environment and automatically updates the test script when the chip's design changes, keeping the core testing rules the same.
In the filing’s own words
Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) for testing an integrated circuit includes receiving a configuration object having an address map code. A template code is enabled to be associated with the testing and it includes at least specifications associated with the UVM. A utility module is compiled to provide a model and a testbench environment within the UVM, where the model and the testbench environment are represented by a first class script and that is based in part on input from the template code and from the configuration object. A change is determined in the configuration object and a second class script is automatically generated using the utility module and based in part on the change in the configuration object, where the specifications remain unchanged for the second class script. The integrated circuit is tested using the second class script.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A system, comprising: at least one processor and memory comprising instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the system to: receive a configuration object comprising an address map code, the configuration object to be used to test an integrated circuit using Universal Verification Methodology (UVM); enable a template code to be associated with the testing and comprising at least specifications associated with the UVM; compile a utility module to provide a model and a testbench environment within the UVM, the model and the testbench environment represented by a first class script and the utility module based in part on input from the template code and from the configuration object; determine a change in the configuration object; automatically generate a second class script using the utility module and based in part on the change in the configuration object, wherein the specifications remain unchanged for the second class script; and test the integrated circuit using the second class script.
Facts
- Company
- Amazon (Amazon Technologies, Inc.)
- Official title
- Seamless universal verification methodology
- Patent number
- US12724070B1
- Application number
- 18215015
- Filed
- Jun 27, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G01R 31/318307 Physics & computingG01R 31/318314 Physics & computingG06F 30/3308 Physics & computingG01R 31/318357 Physics & computingG01R 31/3187 Physics & computingG01R 31/31901 Physics & computingMore from Amazon in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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