0-In® Assertion Synthesis

  • Automatic and user specified checking of design properties and assumptions
  • Easy to specify and maintain assertions throughout a design’s lifecycle
  • Rich library of verification IP for RTL structures, standard buses, and major interfaces
    • CheckerWare® and CheckerWare Monitor IP
  • Uniform handling of multiple, standard assertion language formats
    • CheckerWare, PSL, SVA, and OVL
  • Automatic insertion of implementation-level functional coverage (structural coverage)
    • Aggregation and grading of assertion activity, statistics, and coverage across regression runs
 

Benefits

 
  • Complete solution for quick adoption of ABV for any design
    • Extends capabilities of existing verification environments
    • Detects bugs faster and earlier than traditional verification methods
  • Increases observability through assertions to accelerate bug detection and debug
  • Supports multiple verification engines to maximize assertion value
    • Simulators, emulators, and formal verification
  • Identifies holes in verification plan and focuses verification resources
    • Ensures critical corner cases are tested
    • Enables Coverage-Driven Verification
    • Improves efficiency of pseudo-random tests with reactive testbenches
  • Proven by use at 12 of 15 largest electronics companies in the world
 
 
0-In Assertion Synthesis Design Flow
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