Verification of hardware descriptions by retargetable code generation

  • Authors:
  • L. Nowak;P. Marwedel

  • Affiliations:
  • Nixdorf Computer AG, Pontanusstr, D-4790 Paderborn, W. Germany;Institut für Informatik, der Universität Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40-60, D-2300 Kiel, W. Germany

  • Venue:
  • DAC '89 Proceedings of the 26th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
  • Year:
  • 1989

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new method for hardware verification. The basic idea is the application of a retargetable compiler as verification tool. A retargetable compiler is able to compile programs into the machine code of a specified hardware (target). If the program is the complete behavioural specification of the target, the compiler can be used to verify that a properly programmed structure implements the behaviour. Methods, algorithms and applications of an existing retargetable compiler are described.