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  • How to Use This Puzzle Bank
  • SystemVerilog Language Puzzles25
  • Difficulty Guide
  • Full Topic Map
  • Interview-Day Tips
  • OOP & Testbench Puzzles25
  • Concurrency & Timing Puzzles25
  • Randomization & Constraint Puzzles25
  • SVA Assertion Puzzles25
  • Functional Coverage Puzzles25
  • Logic & Aptitude Puzzles25
  • Scenario & Debug Puzzles25
    • Testbench Debug Puzzles: Why Did the Test Hang?
      • Handshake Hang: Missing item_done on One Branch
      • Missing run_phase Objection in Test
      • Wrong Phase: Starting Traffic in shutdown_phase
      • Handshake Violation: item_done Called Twice
      • Sequence get_response Stall
      • Virtual Sequence Waits on Event Never Triggered
    • Deadlock Scenario Puzzles: Objection and Phase Stalls
    • Scoreboard Puzzles: Mismatch or Ordering Bug?
    • Real Interview Rounds: End-to-End Debug Walkthrough
    • Scenario & Debug Puzzles: Tricky Q&A
  • Interview Prep: Puzzle Rounds5
  • DV Puzzle Cheatsheet
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  4. Testbench Debug Puzzles: Why Did the Test Hang?

VLSI DV Interview Puzzles · All levels

Testbench Debug Puzzles: Why Did the Test Hang?

Localize hang roots in sequence-driver handshakes, phase ownership, and missing completion signals.

  • 6topics
  • 6lessons

Topics in this section

  1. 1Handshake Hang: Missing item_done on One Branch1 lesson
  2. 2Missing run_phase Objection in Test1 lesson
  3. 3Wrong Phase: Starting Traffic in shutdown_phase1 lesson
  4. 4Handshake Violation: item_done Called Twice1 lesson
  5. 5Sequence get_response Stall1 lesson
  6. 6Virtual Sequence Waits on Event Never Triggered1 lesson
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    About this puzzle set

    Localize hang roots in sequence-driver handshakes, phase ownership, and missing completion signals.

    Puzzles in this topic

    Diagram
    1. Handshake Hang: Missing item_done on One Branch  [Medium]
    2. Missing run_phase Objection in Test  [Easy]
    3. Wrong Phase: Starting Traffic in shutdown_phase  [Medium]
    4. Handshake Violation: item_done Called Twice  [Medium]
    5. Sequence get_response Stall  [Hard]
    6. Virtual Sequence Waits on Event Never Triggered  [Hard]

    Work each puzzle before reading the solution: predict the exact output or answer, name the rule that governs it, then check yourself.

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    • Scenario & Debug Puzzles section

    • VLSI DV Interview Puzzles hub

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    • Deadlock Scenario Puzzles: Objection and Phase Stalls
    • Scoreboard Puzzles: Mismatch or Ordering Bug?
    • Real Interview Rounds: End-to-End Debug Walkthrough