Journal of Applied Sciences ›› 2005, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (4): 375-379.

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Coverage Directed Vector Generation for Functional Verification Using Genetic Algorithm

LUO Chun, YANG Jun, LING Ming   

  1. National ASIC System Engineering Research Center, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • Received:2004-04-25 Revised:2004-10-08 Online:2005-07-31 Published:2005-07-31

Abstract: With a new algorithm for coverage directed vector generation, a major challenge in the verification on the register transfer level by simulation is addressed.The approach is based on genetic algorithm, which provides an efficient way in forming feedback from the coverage domain back to the generator.This technique has been applied to the verification of an industrial SoC module, showing encouraging results and indicating that the quality of the verification is improved.

Key words: genetic algorithm, functional verification, vector automatic generation

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