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DVClub January 18th 2009 Coverage Closure Mike Bartley, TVS. Welcome. 5th DVClub event Bristol, UK wide, international Next events Using Design IP – a Verification Perspective Integration Verification Using Open Source and Free Verification tools Software Test Club Thank you
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DVClub January 18th 2009 Coverage Closure Mike Bartley, TVS
Welcome • 5th DVClub event • Bristol, UK wide, international • Next events • Using Design IP – a Verification Perspective • Integration Verification • Using Open Source and Free Verification tools • Software Test Club • Thank you • Patrick Thornhill, Bryan Dickman, Rob Williams • Sponsors - UWE, ARM, Infineon, NMI, TVS, Synopsys • Speakers 12.10: Dan Benua, Corporate Application Engineering Manager, Synopsys 12.30: Dr. Giovanni Squillero, Politecnico di Torino 13.00: Avi Ziv, IBM Research Lab at Haifa, Israel • Survey • 30 respondents!
Which coverage metrics do you use for in your dynamic verification flow? Other coverage metrics used • Certitude • Toggle coverage of integration nets for SoCs • Configuration Coverage • SW Metrics, API Coverage, Interrupt Coverage
Distribution of effort in directed testing Other areas of effort • Regression management • Covering legacy tests • Praying we haven't forgotten anything
Distribution of effort in code coverage Other areas of effort • Develop formal coverage closure scripts • Regr mgmt, merging, results collation and display
Distribution of effort in code coverage Other areas of effort • Develop formal coverage closure scripts • Regr mgmt, merging, results collation and display
Distribution of effort in functional coverage Other areas of effort • Writing the functional coverage • Regr mgmt, merging, resultscollation and display
Which platforms do you use to collect your FUNCTIONAL COVERAGE in your dynamic verification flow? Other platforms • PSL (3) • Home grown (2) • Cadence transaction explorer (TxE)