Process metrics provide a clear, quantitative and objective measure to assess process performance and progress towards a specific process goal. SoC functional verification involves integrating multiple IP blocks. So understanding how to define, measure, correlate, and analyze appropriate IP and system-level metrics is fundamental to improving performance and achieving quality goals. Yet, many of today’s SoC project members’ understanding of metrics is often limited to simple coverage measurements. In this course, we take a broader view of metrics—beyond traditional coverage measurements—that identify a range of metrics across multiple aspects of today’s SoC functional verification process. We then discuss other important considerations when integrating metrics into a project flow, such as metric categorization, run-time control, data management, and reporting and analysis.
You are encouraged to first view Evolving Verification Capabilities by Harry Foster that provides the framework for all of the Academy courses, then the recommended prerequisite, Verification Planning and Management.
