Verifying VIA Nano microprocessor components

  • Authors:
  • Warren A. Hunt, Jr.

  • Affiliations:
  • Centaur Technology, Inc., Austin, Texas

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2010 Conference on Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

We verify parts of the VIA Nano X86-compatible microprocessor design using the ACL2 theorem-proving system. We translate Nano RTL Verilog into the EMOD hardware description language. We specify properties of the Nano in the ACL2 logic and use a combination of theorem-proving and automated techniques to verify the correctness of Nano design elements.