Generating Hardware Assertion Checkers - For Hardware Verification, Emulation, Post-Fabrication Debugging and On-Line Monitoring

Assertion-based design is a powerful new paradigm that is facilitating quality improvement in electronic design. Assertions are statements used to describe properties of the design (I.e., design intent), that can be included to actively check correctness throughout the design cycle and even the lifecycle of the product. With the appearance of two new languages, PSL and SVA, assertions have already started to improve verification quality and productivity.
This is the first book that presents an "under-the-hood" view of generating assertion checkers, and as such provides a unique and consistent perspective on employing assertions in major areas, such as: specification, verification, debugging, on-line monitoring and design quality improvement.

List of contents

Assertions and the Verification Landscape.- Basic Techniques Behind Assertion Checkers.- PSL and SVA Assertion Languages.- Automata for Assertion Checkers.- Construction of PSL Assertion Checkers.- Enhanced Features and Uses of PSL Checkers.- Evaluating and Verifying PSL Assertion Checkers.- Checkers for SystemVerilog Assertions.- Conclusions and Future Work.

Summary

Assertion-based design is a powerful new paradigm that is facilitating quality improvement in electronic design. Assertions are statements used to describe properties of the design (I.e., design intent), that can be included to actively check correctness throughout the design cycle and even the lifecycle of the product. With the appearance of two new languages, PSL and SVA, assertions have already started to improve verification quality and productivity.

This is the first book that presents an “under-the-hood” view of generating assertion checkers, and as such provides a unique and consistent perspective on employing assertions in major areas, such as: specification, verification, debugging, on-line monitoring and design quality improvement.

Product details

• Authors: Mar Boulé, Marc Boulé, Zeljko Zilic
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2010
• EAN: 9789048179220
• ISBN: 978-90-481-7922-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 16 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Illustrations: XX, 280 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; C, computer science, engineering, Theory of Computation, Circuits and Systems, Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters, Computers, Mathematical theory of computation, Electronic circuits, Electronic Circuits and Systems, Programming & scripting languages: general, Compilers & interpreters, Programming languages (Electronic computers)