std 1450.6 CTL

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Abstract: The Core Test Language (CTL) is a language created for a System-on-Chip flow (or
SoC flow), where a design created by one group is reused as a sub-design of a design created by
another group.

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Introduction

CTL started as a language in the IEEE Std 1500TM-2005 standardization activity for core test.

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1. Overview
1.1 General
The Core Test Language (CTL) is a language created for a System-on-Chip flow (or SoC flow), where a design created by one group is reused as a sub-design of a design created by another group.

CTL is a language designed to be the transfer mechanism of test knowledge between a core provider and a system integrator to allow for interoperability between the producer and the consumer of the information. It facilitates the reuse of test patterns provided for a core for application from the SoC boundary.

CTL provides the language for communication of test information.
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