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Abstract | ||
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The continuous advances in microelectronics design are creating a significant challenge to design validation in general, but tackling piplined microprocessors is remarkably more demanding. This paper presents a methodology to automatically induce a test program for a microprocessor maximizing a given verification metric. The approach exploits a new evolutionary algorithm, close to Genetic Programming, able to cultivate effective assembly-language programs. The proposed methodology was used to verify the DLX/pII, an open-source processor with a 5-stage pipeline. Code-coverage was adopted in the paper, since it can be considered the required starting point for any simulation-based functional verification processes. Experimental results clearly show the effectiveness of the approach. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2003 | 10.1145/952532.952676 | SAC |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
genetic programming,new evolutionary algorithm,simulation-based functional verification process,proposed methodology,verification metric,automatic test program generation,effective assembly-language program,pipelined processor,continuous advance,5-stage pipeline,microelectronics design,functional verification,genetic algorithms,evolutionary algorithm,code coverage,spanning trees | Functional verification,Evolutionary algorithm,Computer science,Microelectronics,Microprocessor,Parallel computing,Exploit,Genetic programming,Spanning tree,Computer engineering,Genetic algorithm | Conference |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
1-58113-624-2 | 9 | 1.03 |
References | Authors | |
8 | 4 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| F. Corno | 1 | 602 | 55.65 |
| G. Cumani | 2 | 104 | 8.78 |
| M. Sonza Reorda | 3 | 1099 | 114.76 |
| G. Squillero | 4 | 330 | 30.36 |