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  • How to Use This Course
  • Reading Paths
  • Concept Map
  • Meet DCRouter
  • Glossary
  • Part 0: What Verification Is8
  • Part 1: What Can Go Wrong11
  • Part 2: Specifications as Checkable Rules8
  • Part 3: Observability and Controllability7
  • Part 4: Stimulus11
  • Part 5: Checking11
  • Part 6: Coverage10
  • Part 7: Formal and Simulation10
  • Part 8: Verification Levels and Reuse8
  • Part 9: Planning and Risk9
  • Part 10: Emulation and Prototyping8
  • Part 11: Post-Silicon Validation8
  • Part 12: Bug Economics8
  • Part 13: Debug7
  • Part 14: Sign-Off7
  • Part 15: Verification in Context8
  • Part 16: Case Studies5
  • Part 17: Capstones5
  • Part 18: Interview Preparation6
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‹First Principles of Verification Strategy
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Concept Map

How the sixteen questions of verification strategy depend on each other, from defining correct to signing off.

The sixteen questions are not independent. You cannot check without knowing what correct means, you cannot judge coverage without checks, and you cannot sign off without a plan. The map shows which questions feed which.

The sixteen questions, grouped in four rows.
Flowchart: what working means and what can go wrong lead to rules and reference models, which lead to observability and then stimulus, and separately to checking. Stimulus and checking both lead to coverage, then to formal or simulation, then to which level, then to plan and risk, then to emulation and silicon, then to bug economics and debug, and finally to sign-off.
Definitions of correct feed checking; stimulus and checking together give coverage; coverage, formal and levels feed the plan; the plan, the platforms and the bug data feed sign-off.
  • Parts 0 to 3 define the target: what correct means, the kinds of failure, the oracle, and whether the design can be steered and observed at all.

  • Parts 4 to 7 are the techniques: stimulus, checking, coverage, and proof.

  • Parts 8 to 11 decide where and at what scale: levels, plans, platforms, silicon.

  • Parts 12 to 15 close the loop: economics, debug, sign-off and special domains.

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  • How to Use This Course
  • Glossary
  • Part 0: What Verification Is