Functional coverage – Value proposition
Functional coverage complements the code coverage by addressing its inherent limitations. This blog will help you understand what is the key value proposition of the…
Functional coverage debt
We have heard technical debt but what is this functional coverage debt? It’s on the same lines as technical debt but more specific to functional…
Why Silicon proven IPs are treated special?
Silicon proven IPs do enjoy some special attention to envy of the one’s aren’t. Do they really deserve it? What is so special about them?…
Functional coverage for bug fixes
What? We don’t even have any functional coverage and you want us to write functional coverage for bug fixes? Ah!.. That’s nice try but sorry…
Black box functional coverage model – Architecture
There are two types of functional coverage. Black box functional coverage and white box functional coverage. This blog will focus on the black box functional…
Functional coverage model – Architecture requirements
Functional coverage model architecture requirements are ability to meet following three primary objectives: Portability Maintainability Debuggability Portability Functional coverage is one of the reusable part of…
Functional coverage types – Black box vs. White box
Functional coverage is one of the key metrics for measuring functional verification progress and closure. It complements by addressing the limitations of the code coverage….
Code coverage – Pain points
Code coverage is composed of line coverage, expression coverage, toggle coverage, FSM coverage and conditional coverage. Code coverage is one of the oldest and reliable…
Cost of bug – Learnings for verification engineer
Everyone related to any form of ASIC design verification has to internalize one fact: the “cost of bug” discovered increases exponentially as it advances in…
5 myths about testbench quality
Testbench is primary vehicle for verifying the functional verification requirements. Quality of testbench affects the quality of verification. Yet, it’s often ignored due to various myths. This…