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Selective designation of multiple cores as bootstrap processor in a multi-core microprocessor

  • US 9,971,605 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2014
  • Issued: 05/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A microprocessor, comprising:

  • a plurality of processing cores configured to operate in first and second modes;

    in the first mode, each of the plurality of processing cores concurrently operates as a bootstrap processor and concurrently executes a respective instance of a test program; and

    in the second mode, only a single processing core of the plurality of processing cores operates as the bootstrap processor.

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