A system for identifying and sorting integrated circuit devices based on an encrypted
Fuse ID information such as manufacturing and test information stored in the integrated
circuit device, includes a test fixture for receiving an integrated circuit device
to be identified and sorted. The system further includes a portable, user friendly
processor communicatively coupled to the test fixture to read the stored encrypted
device identification data from the integrated circuit device and decrypt the read
encrypted Fuse ID information, and to compare the decrypted device identification
data to a previously entered sort criteria and to identify and sort the integrated
circuit device based on the outcome of the comparison.