“申威-1 号”高性能微处理器的功能验证

微处理器设计日趋复杂,如何对微处理器设计进行有效而充分的验证,成为芯片流片成功的关键因素之一.在介绍微处理器功能验证的一般理论和方法的基础上,介绍了“申威-1 号”高性能微处理器的功能验证所采用的验证策略及各种验证方法.RTL(register transfer level)级验证是功能验证的重点,模拟验证是“申威-1 号”RTL 级验证的主要验证手段.详细介绍了如何综合采用多种验证技术来解决RTL 级模拟验证的几个关键问题:高质量测试激励生成、模拟结果正确性的快速判断以及验证覆盖率目标的实现.最后对各种验证方法所取得的验证效果进行了分析.

Functional Verification of "ShenWei-1" High Performance Microprocessor

Today's microprocessor designs are becoming more and more complicated, so effective and sufficient verification is one of the key factors to the success of design tape-out. This paper firstly introduces some common theories and methods in microprocessor functional verification, and then introduces the verification strategies and various verification methods used to verify "ShenWei-1" high performance microprocessor. The RTL (register transfer level) verification is highly important for functional verificati...