Assertion-based functional consistency checking between TLM and RTL models

Mingsong Chen*, Prabhat Mishra

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Transaction Level Modeling (TLM) is promising for functional validation at an early stage of System-on-Chip (SoC) design. However, raising the abstraction level brings a major challenge - how to guarantee the functional consistency between TLM specifications and Register Transfer Level (RTL) implementations? This paper proposes an efficient mechanism for functional consistency checking using assertion observability. The experimental results using several industrial designs demonstrate that our method can automatically check the functional consistency between different abstraction levels.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 26th International Conference on VLSI Design, VLSID 2013 - Concurrently with 12th International Conference on Embedded Systems Design, ES 2013
Pages320-325
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2013 26th International Conference on VLSI Design, VLSID 2013 and 12th International Conference on Embedded Systems, ES 2013 - Pune, India
Duration: 5 Jan 201310 Jan 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design
ISSN (Print)1063-9667

Conference

Conference2013 26th International Conference on VLSI Design, VLSID 2013 and 12th International Conference on Embedded Systems, ES 2013
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityPune
Period5/01/1310/01/13

Keywords

  • Assertion
  • Functional consistency
  • RTL
  • TLM

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