Publication Details

Automation and Optimization of Coverage-driven Verification

ZACHARIÁŠOVÁ, M.; KOTÁSEK, Z. Automation and Optimization of Coverage-driven Verification. In Proceedings of the 18th Euromicro Conference on Digital Systems Design. Funchal: IEEE Computer Society, 2015. p. 87-94. ISBN: 978-1-4673-8035-5.

Czech title

Automatizace a optimalizace verifikace řízené pokrytím

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Authors

Zachariášová Marcela, Ing., Ph.D. (DCSY)
Kotásek Zdeněk, doc. Ing., CSc.

Keywords

functional verification automation optimization genetic algorithm

Abstract

This paper proposes a new method for automation and optimization of coverage-driven verification (CDV) of hardware systems that is based on evolutionary computing. In comparison with the standard CDV that utilizes random search, using this method, the convergence to the maximum coverage is much faster, fewer input stimuli are used and no manual effort is required from the user. Moreover, the optimization is targeted to the verification process itself without the dependence on the circuit that is verified. For the demonstration purposes, the sequential arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) and the RISC processor were verified and the results show that using the optimization method, a significant improvement can be achieved.

Published

2015

Pages

87–94

Proceedings

Proceedings of the 18th Euromicro Conference on Digital Systems Design

ISBN

978-1-4673-8035-5

Publisher

IEEE Computer Society

Place

Funchal

DOI

10.1109/DSD.2015.34

UT WoS

000382382300012

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-84958158712

BibTeX

@inproceedings{BUT119894,
  author="Marcela {Zachariášová} and Zdeněk {Kotásek}",
  title="Automation and Optimization of Coverage-driven Verification",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 18th Euromicro Conference on Digital Systems Design",
  year="2015",
  pages="87--94",
  publisher="IEEE Computer Society",
  address="Funchal",
  doi="10.1109/DSD.2015.34",
  isbn="978-1-4673-8035-5"
}