The circuit boards built to bring up and validate the chip in the lab.
Physical item Work product in the SoC and full-chip lifecycle
They are the lab hardware on which first silicon is brought up and validated, so they must be designed, built and checked before parts arrive. Late or faulty boards delay bring-up, and board faults can be mistaken for silicon bugs.
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