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Hybrid approach to faster functional verification with full visibility

Chuang et al., 2007

Document ID
12145420281369197424
Author
Chuang C
Cheng W
Lu D
Liu C
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Design & Test of Computers

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For functional verification, software simulation provides full controllability and observability, whereas hardware emulation offers speed. This article describes a new platform that leverages the advantages of both. This platform implements an efficient scheme to record …
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