Title
Post-silicon validation opportunities, challenges and recent advances
Abstract
Post-silicon validation is used to detect and fix bugs in integrated circuits and systems after manufacture. Due to sheer design complexity, it is nearly impossible to detect and fix all bugs before manufacture. Post-silicon validation is a major challenge for future systems. Today, it is largely viewed as an art with very few systematic solutions. As a result, post-silicon validation is an emerging research topic with several exciting opportunities for major innovations in electronic design automation. In this paper, we provide an overview of the post-silicon validation problem and how it differs from traditional pre-silicon verification and manufacturing testing. We also discuss major post-silicon validation challenges and recent advances.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/1837274.1837280
Design Automation Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
post-silicon validation opportunity,sheer design complexity,recent advance,major post-silicon validation challenge,exciting opportunity,major innovation,future system,electronic design automation,major challenge,post-silicon validation,post-silicon validation problem,integrated circuit,silicon,computer bugs,hardware,manufacturing,integrated circuit design,system testing,testing,crosstalk,post silicon validation
Post-silicon validation,Systems engineering,Computer science,Crosstalk,System testing,Software bug,Manufacturing testing,Electronic engineering,Integrated circuit design,Electronic design automation
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0738-100X
978-1-4244-6677-1
68
PageRank 
References 
Authors
2.33
43
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Subhasish Mitra13657228.90
Sanjit A. Seshia22226168.09
Nicola Nicolici380759.91