- 集成電路發(fā)展至今,全球的設(shè)計師都將面臨同一難題就是所謂的驗證夢魘(verification nightmare)每個超大規(guī)模設(shè)計中的驗證環(huán)節(jié)都將占用設(shè)計周期中多達70%的時間。因此隨著芯片設(shè)計的規(guī)模越來越大,結(jié)構(gòu)越來越復(fù)雜,軟件仿真已越來越不能承擔(dān)當(dāng)今設(shè)計驗證的任務(wù)。為此硬件加速和硬件仿真(ICE)技術(shù)已越來越多的得到各大設(shè)計廠商的認可。
內(nèi)容如下:
section 1: hardware based verification introduction
- ASIC verification & position of hardware based verification
- the history,
- the current status,
- differentiates of hardware based verification methods
- the trend of the technology and methodology
section 2: detail description on each verification methodologies
- simulation acceleration
- emulation
- prototyping
- h/w s/w co-verification
- conclusion
demo :
An ARM7TDMI based demo is prepared to show the hardware-based
verification platform for SOC design. |