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Monday, November 29, 2010

When Verification is complete ?

Obvious answer frontend verification engineer will give is when Functional Coverage matrix is 100% achieved as well as required code coverage is achieved (B,S,T,FSM - most frequently used).

To add to this one can answer When STA is done ensuring that timing constraint is met.Also since STA is done by mentioning some paths as ...*.... it is possible accidently we decalre some relevant path as false path , SO GLS is also prefred

Ans : Function Matrix/Code coverage matrix + STA + GLS (if not possible for all testcase at least for high priprity features)

Refer :
1> Code Coverage & Functional Coverage - ( http://verificationwithjigar.blogspot.com/2010/04/code-coverage-functional-coverage.html )

2> STA/Formal Verification Vs. Gatelevel ( http://verificationwithjigar.blogspot.com/2010/08/staformal-verification-vs-gatelevel.html )

Comments are welcomed.

2 comments:

  1. Jigar,

    Do you use formal verification to verify your design where you can explore the design functionality without creating a testbench or running simulations?

    Alok

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  2. No. You have to have TB/run test cases.

    Formal is equivalence check that says RTL sim behavior = Syntheses net list by using mathematical model

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