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On signal tracing in post-silicon validation

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On signal tracing in post-silicon validation
It is increasingly difficult to guarantee the first silicon success for complex integrated circuit (IC) designs. Post-silicon validation has thus become an essential step in the IC design flow. Tracing internal signals during circuit's normal operation, being able to provide real-time visibility to the circuit under debug (CUD), is one of the most effective silicon debug techniques and has gained wide acceptance in industrial designs. Trace-based debug solution, however, involves non-trivial design for debug overhead. How to conduct signal tracing effectively for bug elimination is therefore a challenging task for IC designers. In this paper, we provide in-depth discussion for trace-based debug strategy and review recent advancements in this important area.
Qiang Xu, Xiao Liu
Added 10 Feb 2011
Updated 10 Feb 2011
Type Journal
Year 2010
Where ASPDAC
Authors Qiang Xu, Xiao Liu
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