A transaction-based unified simulation/emulation architecture for functional verification

  • Authors:
  • Murali Kudlugi;Soha Hassoun;Charles Selvidge;Duaine Pryor

  • Affiliations:
  • IKOS Systems Inc;Tufts University;IKOS Systems Inc;IKOS Systems Inc

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 38th annual Design Automation Conference
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

A transaction-based layered architecture providing for 100% portability of a C-based testbench between simulation and emulation is proposed. Transaction-based communication results in performance which is commensurate with emulation without a hardware target. Testbench portability eliminates duplicated effort when combining system level simulation and emulation. An implementation based on the IKOS VStation emulator validates these architectural claims on real designs.