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PHASES OF VERIFICATION








Verification Plan




In test plan, we prepare a road map for how do achieve the goal, it is a living document. Test plan includes, introduction, assumptions, list of test cases, list of features to be tested, approach, deliverables, resources, risks and scheduling, entry and exit criteria. Test plan helps verification engineer to understand how the verification should be done. A test plan could come in many forms, such as a spreadsheet, a document or a simple text file. Sometimes, test plan simply reside in the engineer's head which is dangerous in which the process cannot be properly measured and controlled. Test plan also contains the descriptions of TestBench architecture and description of each component and its functionality.



Building Testbench




In this phase, the verification environment is developed. Each verification component can be developed one by one or if more than one engineer is working it can be developed parallel. Writing the coverage module can be done at any time. It is preffered to write down the coverage module first as it gives some idea of the verification progress.



Writing Tests




After the TestBench is built and integrated to DUT, it's time for validating the DUT. Initially in CDV, the test are ran randomly till some 70 % of coverage is reached or no improvement in the coverage for 1 day simulation. By analyzing the coverage reports, new tests are written to cover the holes. In these tests, randomization is directed to cover the holes. Then finally, the hard to reach scenarios, called as corner cases have to be written in directed verification fashion. Of course, debugging is done in parallel and DUT fixes are done.



Integrating Code Coverage




Once you have achieved certain level of functional coverage, integrate the code coverage. For doing code coverage, the code coverage tools have option to switch it on. And then do the simulation, the tool will provide the report.



Analyze Coverage




Finally analyze both functional coverage and code coverage reports and take necessary steps to achieve coverage goals. Run simulation again with a different seed, all the while collecting functional coverage information.


Index
Asic Design
Bottle Neck In Asic Flow
Functional Verification Need
Testbench
Linear Testbench
Linear Random Testbench
How To Check The Results
Self Checking Testbenchs
How To Get Scenarios Which We Never Thought
How To Check Whether The Testbench Has Satisfactorily Exercised The Design
Types Of Code Coverage
Statement Coverage
Block Coverage
Conditional Coverage
Branch Coverage
Path Coverage
Toggle Coverage
Fsm Coverage
Make Your Goal 100 Percent Code Coverage Nothing Less
Functional Coverage
Coverage Driven Constraint Random Verification Architecture
Phases Of Verification
Ones Counter Example
Verification Plan

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