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The Q-90's package was a 1,500-ball BGA. No physical probes. They'd use JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) boundary scan to shift test data in and out through the existing debug port. The silicon was already wired for it—the designer just forgot to use it for internal faults.

Use scan chains to convert sequential circuits into combinational ones for ATPG. The Q-90's package was a 1,500-ball BGA

Converting internal flip-flops into a long shift register (scan chain), allowing engineers to "shift in" test patterns and "shift out" the circuit’s state. Boundary Scan (JTAG): The silicon was already wired for it—the designer

Achieving silicon requires a shift in mindset: testing is not a post-production hurdle; it is a fundamental part of the design architecture. The Challenge: Why Design for Testability (DFT)? Boundary Scan (JTAG): Achieving silicon requires a shift

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