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  • Method and apparatus for identifying a version of an electronic assembly using a unique embedded identification signature for each different version
    Patent number: 6715069
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying a version of an electronic assembly using a unique embedded identification signature for each different version is disclosed. A unique instruction code is loaded on each type or version of a electronic assembly. The unique embedded identification signature allows common instruction code over a family (different types) and versions (revisions) of an electronic assembly. Allowing common code is must less costly to maintain and takes very little board space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Richard S. Lucky