Functional correctness is a vital attribute of any hardware design. Unfortunately, due to extremely complex architectures, widespread components, such as microprocessors, are often...
- This paper reports on a highly effective methodology to construct complex high performance microprocessors. Critical aspects of the methodology include an integrated database for...
A. Bertolet, K. Carpenter, Keith M. Carrig, Albert...
Contemporary microprocessors implement many iterative algorithms. For example, the front-end of a microprocessor repeatedly fetches and decodes instructions while updating interna...
Mark Aagaard, Robert B. Jones, Roope Kaivola, Kath...
- Functional verification of the new generation microprocessor developed by SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics makes extensive use of advanced technologies. This paper presents a global ...
Abstract - We address the problem of automatically verifying large digital designs at the logic level, against high-level specifications. In this paper, we present a methodology wh...