“Transparent Microprocessor: A Test Oriented Microprocessor”
우남성 · 1979
Nowadays microprocessor, which is one of the products of advanced semiconductor technology, is used for various applications. One of the problems, however, in practical use of the microprocessor is its testing. Microprocessor testing is known to be more difficult and less efficient than logic board testing, which results from the fact that external Circuit can hardly access the internal logic circit of the microprocessor. To eliminate the flaw of poor accessability of conventional microprocessors, new concept of Transparent Microprocessor is suggested. Transparent Microprocessor is defined and its organization is suggested in this paper. It is shown that Transparent Microprocessor provides better performance than conventional microprocessors in testing. Further research is required to find out other merits of Transparent Microprocessor.