Ibex Peak adds the industry standard JTAG interface and enables Boundary-Scan in place of the XOR chains used in previous generations of the Ibex Peak. Boundary-Scan can be used to ensure device connectivity during the board manufacturing process. The JTAG interface allows system manufacturers to improve efficiency by using industry available tools to test the Ibex Peak on an assembled board. Since JTAG is a serial interface, it eliminates the need to create probe points for every pin in an XOR chain. This eases pin breakout and trace routing and simplifies the interface between the system and a bed-of-nails tester.