Cr, As the complexity of high-performance microprocessor increases, functional verification becomes more and more difficult and RTL simulation emerges as the bottleneck of the des...
Joon-Seo Yim, Yoon-Ho Hwang, Chang-Jae Park, Hoon ...
Ever-growing complexity is forcing design to move above RTL. For example, golden functional models are being written as clearly as possible in software and not optimized or intend...
This paper describes a novel technique called Embedded Test-bench Control (ETC), extensively used in the verification of Tensilica’s latest configurable processor. Conventional ...
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...
Multimedia SoCs are characterized by a main controller that directs the activity of several cores, each of which is in charge of a stage in the processing of a media stream. The v...
Amir Nahir, Avi Ziv, Roy Emek, Tal Keidar, Nir Ron...