Patent ID: 7368678

Claim:
A method in an integrated circuit process for determining at least one integrated circuit device in need of enhanced reliability testing from at least one group of integrated circuit devices undergoing test procedures, the integrated circuit devices of the at least one group each having a substantially unique identification code, the method comprising: storing an enhanced reliability testing flag in connection with the substantially unique identification code of each integrated circuit device of the integrated circuit devices in the at least one group indicating whether each integrated circuit device requires the enhanced reliability testing; automatically reading the substantially unique identification code of each integrated circuit device of the integrated circuit devices in the at least one group; accessing the enhanced reliability testing flag stored in connection with each of the automatically read substantially unique identification codes of each integrated circuit device of the integrated circuit devices in the at least one group having the substantially unique identification code thereof read; sorting the integrated circuit devices in the at least one group in accordance with the enhanced reliability testing flag indicating the integrated circuit devices in the at least one group are in need of the enhanced reliability testing; and performing testing of integrated circuit devices in the at least one group only in need of the enhanced reliability testing.