Testing hardware IP blocks is an important activity that all development teams have to
undertake to ensure that the intent of the designer is translated to the correct IP blocks
(RTL) by the developer. The cost of undetected flaws during verification stage for IP blocks
can run into millions of dollars when the issues are discovered in taped out designs.
Hardware verification is today carried out with the help of Verification IPs [VIP]. Design and
development of VIPs is time taking. With thousands of potential scenarios to handle for the
simplest of the IP blocks, VIP design and development is almost always more expensive than
the cost of designing the IP being tested! VIPs offer some benefit from reuse across multiple
design teams somewhat mitigating their costs.
Verification language standards such as E allow the creation of VIPs that can generate test
cases. However, those VIPs need to be created with great skill, encapsulating both valid test
cases and the desired results. One way to use VIPs is to run them against IP models, such as
those created through modeling languages like System C to create reference results.
Hardware verification is a complex challenge. Productivity improvements can be a
significant source of competitive advantage by increasing product quality and reducing
development costs and time to market.
Teraptor Model Space Explorer technology from Sankhya Technologies (Sankhya) addresses
this challenge by capturing design intent and leveraging intent to drive test case and
reference result generation. As Teraptor MSE is meta-model driven, the entire VIP
development process becomes agile.
STIO, as a partner of Sankhya Technologies, brings to you turn-key solutions to enhance
productivity of your verification teams. We can offer fixed cost solutions for creating VIP
with the help of Teraptor MSE and our small (but) trained verification staff.
This means, you can get your VIP at a lower cost, without the hassle of altering your design
flows!
Interested? We look forward to your RFP.
Contact - sales@sankhya.com