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Formal coverage is a hot topic these days. Simulation has a number of metrics for helping determine when verification is done. These include code coverage, assertions coverage, transaction coverage, and functional coverage to name a few.

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Mark Eslinger

Last Updated Aug 2017
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  • 1. Formal Coverage Introduction & Overview
  • 2. Formal Coverage vs. Simulation Coverage
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    • Formal Coverage Introduction & Overview

      In this session, you will be introduced to the Formal Coverage track.

      Track Aug 21, 2017 by Mark Eslinger

      • Formal Verification

    • Formal Coverage vs. Simulation Coverage

      This session will explore the various aspects of simulation coverage metrics.

      Track Aug 21, 2017 by Mark Eslinger

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    • Formal Coverage for Property Debug

      This session will review the definition of a vacuous or uncoverable property and the main reasons why these property bugs exist.

      Track Aug 21, 2017 by Mark Eslinger

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    • Formal Coverage for Inconclusive Debug

      In this session we’ll review what inconclusive properties are and why they happen. We’ll then look at some easy tool based methods to help resolve inconclusives.

      Track Aug 21, 2017 by Mark Eslinger

      • Formal Verification

    • Formal for Over-Constraint and Reachability Analysis

      In this session we’ll review what makes a design observable and controllable by doing reachability analysis.

      Track Aug 21, 2017 by Mark Eslinger

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    • Property Debug

      This session will demo property debug using Questa PropCheck.

      Track Aug 21, 2017 by Mark Eslinger

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    • Formal Coverage

      This session will demo formal coverage using Questa PropCheck.

      Track Aug 21, 2017 by Mark Eslinger

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    • Inconclusive Debug

      This session will demo how to debug an inconclusive property using Questa PropCheck.

      Track Aug 21, 2017 by Mark Eslinger

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  • Overview

    Formal coverage is a hot topic these days. Simulation has a number of metrics for helping determine when verification is done. These include code coverage, assertions coverage, transaction coverage, and functional coverage to name a few.

    Like simulation, formal has metrics which can be used to determine when verification on a design block is complete. In one session we’ll compare simulation metrics to formal metrics and how the two can be combined as part of an overall verification flow leveraging the UCDB database and Verification Management analysis and tracking.

    Next, you will see how proof coverage can be used beyond the traditional coverage closure methods to improve your verification results.

    One session will focus on how proof coverage can be used to help debug vacuous assertions and uncoverable cover statements. Another session will focus on how proof coverage can be used to help debug inconclusive properties and some simple steps you can take based on this information.

    The final session will cover 2 important topics regarding formal coverage having to do with reachability, which can help with bounded proofs, along with over constraint analysis which is an important part of an assurance driven formal flow.

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