1. A method comprising:
disabling a first core of a multi-core microprocessor; and
testing a second core.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
enabling the first core;
disabling the second core; and
testing the first core.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
enabling the first core; and
testing both the first and the second cores.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein testing the core comprises running manufacturing tests designed to test a single-core microprocessor.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein disabling the core comprises programming a read only memory (ROM) within the core with a value that causes the core to not be logically present.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising programming the ROM using an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1149.1-2001 compliant test access port (TAP).
7. An electronic appliance, comprising:
a memory to store data;
a network controller to communicate data; and
a multi-core processor to process data coupled with the network controller and the memory, wherein the processor includes circuitry to disable one or more cores and function with the remaining core(s).
8. The electronic appliance of claim 7, further comprising programmable read only memory (PROM) within the cores to store the status of the core.
9. The electronic appliance of claim 8, further comprising a test access port (TAP) to program the PROM.
10. The electronic appliance of claim 7, wherein the processor comprises two cores.
11. A processor comprising:
a test access port (TAP); and
a plurality of cores, wherein each core includes a test agent, wherein the test agent to disable the core, to configure a mode, and to configure a site.
12. The processor of claim 11, wherein the test agent to disable the core comprises the test agent to disable the core clocks and to tri-state outputs in response to a request received through the TAP.
13. The processor of claim 11, wherein the test agent to configure a mode comprises the test agent to drive on-die termination depending on the number of active cores in response to a request received through the TAP.
14. The processor of claim 11, wherein the test agent to configure a site comprises the test agent to reorder bus request logic depending on the logical location of a core in response to a request received through the TAP.
15. The processor of claim 11, wherein the TAP complies with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1149.1-2001 specification.
16. A storage medium comprising content which, when executed by an accessing machine, causes the accessing machine to disable a first core of a multi-core microprocessor and to test a second core.
17. The storage medium of claim 16, further comprising content to enable the second core to function as a primary core.
18. The storage medium of claim 16, further comprising content to enable the first core, to disable the second core and to test the first core.
19. The storage medium of claim 16, further comprising content to enable the first core to function as a primary core and to test both the first and the second cores.
20. The storage medium of claim 16, wherein the content comprises a manufacturing test routine.
21. An apparatus comprising:
a plurality of cores;
a programmable read only memory (PROM) within each core; and
circuitry to disable each core in response to a PROM value.
22. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising circuitry to configure each core as a primary core in response to a PROM value.
23. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising circuitry to configure each core as terminating core in response to a PROM value.
24. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the circuitry to disable each core comprises circuitry to disable clocks and tri-state outputs.
25. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a test access port to program the PROM.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An ultrasonic coagulation and cutting apparatus comprising:
an ultrasonic transducer for converting electric signals into ultrasonic vibrations to perform a treatment using ultrasonic vibrations on body tissue;
a probe comprising a rod member having a predetermined length and a predetermined outer diameter, the probe transmitting ultrasonic vibrations generated by the ultrasonic transducer to the distal end thereof, the proximal end thereof being connected to the ultrasonic transducer;
a gripping member for cooperating with the outer surface of the probe in gripping therebetween body tissue, the member being movable closer to and farther away from the probe so that the gripped body tissue is coagulated and cut;
an operation unit operated to move the gripping member closer to or farther away from the probe;
an operation transmitting member for transmitting the operation of the operation unit to the gripping member such that the gripping member is moved closer to or farther away from the probe in accordance with the amount of operating the operation unit; and
high frequency power supply connecting portions for electrically connecting the probe and the gripping member to predetermined portions of a high frequency power supply to perform a treatment using high frequency current on the body tissue, wherein
at least coagulation of the body tissue using high frequency current supplied from the high frequency power supply is started in a first gripping state in which the body tissue is gripped between the outer surface of the probe and the gripping member moved closer thereto by operating the operation unit, and
cutting of the body tissue, including coagulated part, using ultrasonic vibrations generated by the ultrasonic transducer is started in a second gripping state in which the gripping member is further moved closer to the probe after the coagulation of the body tissue is performed.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the gripping member includes a conductive segment and an insulating segment, the insulating segment serving as a probe contact member for preventing the conductive segment from being in direct contact with the probe when the gripping member is moved closer to the probe.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the gripping member includes a toothed gripping portion for pressing the body tissue in the first and second gripping states.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
a path for the flow of high frequency current for coagulation from the toothed gripping portion to the probe is provided in the first gripping state in which the body tissue is gripped between the toothed gripping portion and the probe, and
ultrasonic vibrations transmitted from the ultrasonic transducer to the probe are transferred to the body tissue in addition to the flow of high frequency current from the toothed gripping portion to the probe in the second gripping state in which the body tissue is gripped between the toothed gripping portion, the probe contact member, and the probe.
5. An ultrasonic coagulation and cutting apparatus comprising:
an ultrasonic transducer for converting electric signals into ultrasonic vibrations to perform a treatment using ultrasonic vibrations on body tissue;
a probe comprising a rod member having a predetermined length and a predetermined outer diameter, the probe transmitting ultrasonic vibrations generated by the ultrasonic transducer to the distal end thereof, the proximal end thereof being connected to the ultrasonic transducer;
a gripping member for cooperating with the outer surface of the probe in gripping therebetween body tissue, the gripping member being movable closer to and farther away from the probe so that the gripped body tissue is cut or coagulated, the gripping member including:
a conductive segment arranged so as to face the probe, the conductive segment having conductivity such that high frequency current from a high frequency power supply is supplied to the probe through the body tissue gripped by moving the gripping member closer to the probe; and
an insulating segment having an opening whose width is larger than the outer diameter of the probe and a surface extending from the edge of the opening, the insulating segment preventing the probe from being in electrical contact with the gripping member when the gripping member is moved closer to the probe; and
high frequency power supply connecting portions for electrically connecting the probe and the gripping member to predetermined portions of the high frequency power supply to perform a treatment using high frequency current on the body tissue, wherein
the conductive segment is a diathermy member having a recess, whose width is larger than the outer diameter of the probe, for receiving the insulating segment, a portion surrounding the recess serving as a toothed gripping portion that is contactable with the body tissue in accordance with the movement of the gripping member closer to the probe, the toothed gripping portion supplying high frequency current from the high frequency power supply to the probe through the body tissue, and
the insulating segment is an ultrasonic treatment member for pressing the body tissue against the outer surface of the probe when approaching the probe in accordance with the further movement of the gripping member closer to the probe.
6. An ultrasonic coagulation and cutting apparatus comprising:
an ultrasonic transducer for converting electric signals into ultrasonic vibrations to perform a treatment using ultrasonic vibrations on body tissue;
a probe comprising a rod member having a predetermined length and a predetermined outer diameter, the probe transmitting ultrasonic vibrations generated by the ultrasonic transducer to the distal end thereof, the proximal end thereof being connected to the ultrasonic transducer;
a gripping member for cooperating with the outer surface of the probe in gripping therebetween body tissue, the gripping member being movable closer to and farther away from the probe so that the gripped body tissue is cut or coagulated, the gripping member including:
a conductive segment having conductivity such that high frequency current from a high frequency power supply is supplied to the probe through the body tissue gripped by moving the gripping member closer to the probe; and
an insulating segment whose width is larger than the outer diameter of the probe, the insulating segment being arranged on one surface of the conductive segment so as to split the conductive segment into a plurality of toothed gripping portions, the surface being opposed to the probe; and
high frequency power supply connecting portions for electrically connecting the probe and the gripping member to predetermined portions of the high frequency power supply to perform a treatment using high frequency current on the body tissue.