Title :
Scalable Verification of a Generic End-Around-Carry Adder for Floating-Point Units by Coq
Author :
Qian Wang ; Xiaoyu Song ; Hung, W.N.N. ; Ming Gu ; Jiaguang Sun
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Software, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Theorem proving has been demonstrated as a powerful technique for datapath verification. This paper considers a generic logic-level architecture of end-around-carry adder, which is extensively used in floating-point arithmetic. The architecture is component-based and parameterized for easy customization. The design architecture is formalized and verified in the mechanical theorem prover Coq. The scalable proof provides necessary underpinnings for verifying customized and new implementations.
Keywords :
adders; floating point arithmetic; logic testing; Coq floating point units; datapath verification; floating point arithmetic; generic end around carry adder; logic level architecture; scalable verification; Abstracts; Adders; Arrays; Educational institutions; Indexes; Lenses; Architecture; Coq; End-around-carry adder; architecture; end-around-carry adder (EAC); floating-point unit; floating-point unit (FPU); portable; theorem proving; verification;
Journal_Title :
Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCAD.2014.2363391