- 集成电路发展至今,全球的设计师都将面临同一难题就是所谓的验证梦魇(verification nightmare)每个超大规模设计中的验证环节都将占用设计周期中多达70%的时间。因此随着芯片设计的规模越来越大,结构越来越复杂,软件仿真已越来越不能承担当今设计验证的任务。为此硬件加速和硬件仿真(ICE)技术已越来越多的得到各大设计厂商的认可。
内容如下:
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. |