Do not worry about the tedious tasks, Do not lament the long nights of debugging. Introduction: Hello to all the verification friends working on the front lines! What do we fear the most in our field? When the specifications change, the RTL and verification environment must be rebuilt from scratch; After running regression all night, … Read more
Authors:Tao Qingping, Shang Guoqing, Zhu QingAffiliation:1. China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, the 58th Research Institute, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214035.Abstract:With the popularity of SoC chip design, the demand for various IP designs is also increasing. The challenge for IC design engineers and verification engineers is how to quickly and accurately verify the correctness of these IP functions. … Read more
To implement the “Hunan Province Advanced Manufacturing Promotion Regulations” and the “Several Policy Measures for Financial Support for Enterprise Technological Innovation in Hunan Province,” and to promote the acceleration of breakthroughs in key core technologies by integrated circuit enterprises in our province, as well as to enhance product research and development and industrialization capabilities, the … Read more
In order to implement the “Hunan Province Advanced Manufacturing Promotion Regulations” and the “Several Policy Measures for Financial Support for Enterprise Technological Innovation in Hunan Province”, and to promote the accelerated breakthrough of key core technologies in our province’s integrated circuit enterprises, enhancing product R&D and industrialization capabilities, the Provincial Department of Industry and Information … Read more
This collection mainly records some issues encountered in daily work or answers from experts in the verification technology communication group.1. Difference between IP verification environment and SoC environment: The image is from the public account《IC Digital Verification》, feel free to follow this expert’s public account if needed.IP Verification: Focuses on whether the IP module (such … Read more
Project Introduction Path <span>/home/IC_verify/project/opentitan</span> Simulation Prerequisites and Notes 1.Before running the simulation, execute source ~/source_python to switch the default Python version.2.Do not modify any files in Bazel; only run the simulation. Otherwise, Bazel will determine that dependencies need to be updated, leading to errors when downloading libraries. Simulation Method IP Verification Hardware IP Blocks – … Read more
Click to follow the above “Two Monkey Society“ Set as “Top or Star“, and the valuable content will be delivered first. IC Monkey | Two Monkey Society Introduction The previous articles have covered the design part, and this article will analyze the simulation part of the code. This article mainly explains the overall simulation method … Read more
(Source: Semiconductor Industry Observation) With the arrival of the post-Moore era, numerous popular applications such as AI, 5G, and autonomous driving are emerging continuously. The scale of chips is growing exponentially, with designs featuring billions or even tens of billions of gates becoming commonplace. As chip size increases and process nodes advance, the costs of … Read more
IntroductionLet’s discuss the aspects of chip design, tapeout, verification, manufacturing, and costs; tapeout is like taking a major exam for chip design.The importance of tapeout lies in its ability to verify whether the chip design is successful; it is a critical step in chip manufacturing, where the finalized design is handed over to the chip … Read more