Testbench generation for reconfigurable media processor

Testbench generation is of great importance for function verification of RCA. Traditional testbench generation using pseudo-random method is not very effective; so many other generations have been developed. In this paper, genetic algorithm based generation with syntax restriction is introduced at length. The method with syntax restriction not only generates more executable testbenches for reconfigurable media processor but also has high coverage and efficiency than pseudo-random generation method. Two programs using this method and pseudo-random generation are designed respectively, and experiment results comparison are represented at the end of the paper, which shows that genetic algorithm with syntax restriction will benefit testbench generation.