VSIA quality metrics for IP and SoC

Author

Birnbaum, Mark ; Johnson, Charlene C.

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

279

Lastpage

283

Abstract

A Study Group of the Virtual Socket Interface Alliance has produced a comprehensive approach to measuring IP and SoC quality. A highly usable tool, the Quality Evaluation Spreadsheet (QES) was developed with a large set of quality attributes, metrics for each attribute, and a user importance (weight) for each attribute. The metrics are designed for rapid assessment by the IP provider and the IP integrator. The spreadsheet can be extended and tailored for individual company and SoC application. The QES can be used by an IP provider for: a simple checklist of quality factors and metrics; individual IP quality evaluation; as an input to IP Integrators for evaluation. The QES can be used by the IP Integrator/customer for: evaluation of a single IP or comparison of IP from several IP providers, or for a whole SoC

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; industrial property; integrated circuit manufacture; production engineering computing; quality management; spreadsheet programs; IP integrator; IP provider; Quality Evaluation Spreadsheet; SoC; VSIA quality metrics; Virtual Socket Interface Alliance; quality attributes; quality evaluation; quality factors; user importance; Delay; Graphics; Law; Microelectronics; Q factor; Sockets; System-on-a-chip; Time to market; Timing; Virtual colonoscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quality Electronic Design, 2001 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1025-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISQED.2001.915243

Filename

915243