{"title":"A transaction-based unified simulation/emulation architecture for functional verification","authors":"M. Kudlugi, S. Hassoun, C. Selvidge, Duaine Pryor","doi":"10.1145/378239.379036","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A transaction-based layered architecture providing for 100% portability of a C-based testbench between simulation and emulation is proposed. Transaction-based communication results in performance which is commensurate with emulation without a hardware target. Test-bench portability eliminates duplicated effort when combining system level simulation and emulation. An implementation based on the IKOS VStation emulator validates these architectural claims on real designs.","PeriodicalId":154316,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 38th Design Automation Conference (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37232)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"36","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the 38th Design Automation Conference (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37232)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/378239.379036","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A transaction-based layered architecture providing for 100% portability of a C-based testbench between simulation and emulation is proposed. Transaction-based communication results in performance which is commensurate with emulation without a hardware target. Test-bench portability eliminates duplicated effort when combining system level simulation and emulation. An implementation based on the IKOS VStation emulator validates these architectural claims on real designs.