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Evolution of Synthetic RTL Benchmark Circuits with Predefined Testability
evolutionary algorithm, digital circuit, testability analysis
This article presents a new real-world application of evolutionary computing in
the area of digital-circuits testing. A method is described which enables to
evolve large synthetic RTL benchmark circuits with a predefined structure and
testability. Using the proposed method, a new collection of synthetic benchmark
circuits was developed. These benchmark circuits will be useful in a validation
process of novel algorithms and tools in the area of digital-circuits testing.
Evolved benchmark circuits currently represent the most complex benchmark
circuits with a known level of testability. Furthermore, these circuits are the
largest that have ever been designed by means of evolutionary algorithms. This
work also investigates suitable parameters of the evolutionary algorithm for this
problem and explores the limits in the complexity of evolved circuits.
@article{BUT48172,
author="Tomáš {Pečenka} and Lukáš {Sekanina} and Zdeněk {Kotásek}",
title="Evolution of Synthetic RTL Benchmark Circuits with Predefined Testability",
journal="ACM TRANSACTIONS ON DESIGN AUTOMATION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS",
year="2008",
volume="13",
number="3",
pages="1--21",
issn="1084-4309",
url="https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/8653/"
}