Title :
Prototyping the M68060 for concurrent verification
Author :
Kumar, Jainendra
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Adv. Design Technol., Motorola, MD, USA
Abstract :
For large designs such as advanced microprocessors, emulation prototyping eliminates costly silicon respins and dramatically shortens time to market. A “virtual silicon” prototype can run trillions of verification vectors in only a few weeks, beating conventional software logic simulators by up to six orders of magnitude
Keywords :
computer architecture; computer testing; concurrent engineering; integrated circuit testing; program verification; systems analysis; M68060 microprocessor; advanced microprocessors; concurrent verification; emulation prototyping; software logic simulators; time to market; verification vectors; virtual silicon prototype; Computational modeling; Emulation; Hardware; Logic design; Microprocessors; Prototypes; Silicon; Software debugging; Software design; Software prototyping;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
