Title :
Taking the best out of two worlds: prototyping and hardware emulation
Author :
Wannemacher, Markus ; Munteanu, Mihai ; Perret, Sacha ; Singer, Rolf
Author_Institution :
Philips Semicond., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
In recent high complex system-on-a-chip designs timely verification becomes more and more the bottleneck in the overall design task.. A novel approach is presented to overcome the limitations of hardware emulation on one side and rapid system prototyping on the other side. This approach combines the benefits of both methods, while their respective drawbacks are reduced. At Philips Semiconductors this approach is used to verify the recent GSM/GPRS/UMTS baseband processor. This paper describes in detail the setup of this approach, including design flow and details of the used hardware. Also the practical experience and the obtained results are presented.
Keywords :
formal verification; logic testing; software prototyping; system-on-chip; GSM/GPRS/UMTS baseband processor; Philips Semiconductors; complex system-on-a-chip designs; design flow; hardware emulation; rapid system prototyping; verification; Baseband; Clocks; Costs; Debugging; Emulation; Hardware; Integrated circuit testing; Packaging; Prototypes; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
High-Level Design Validation and Test Workshop, 2002. Seventh IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7655-2
DOI :
10.1109/HLDVT.2002.1224446
