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Allen Baum, Chair of the RISC-V International Architecture Test SIG
Esperanto Technologies, Inc.Functional coverage is fundamental to all modern processor verification plans; it marks the progress to project completion and release for prototype manufacture.
The release of the Imperas SystemVerilog functional coverage library with a permissive free-to-use license will now benefit all RISC-V verification teams and complements the work of the RISC-V International Architecture Tests SIG.
Melaine Facon, Director of Codasip’s French Design Centre
CodasipAn open verification standard such as RVVI provides the essential framework and guidelines to configure the test environment for RISC-V and allows the flexibility necessary to address all aspects of a modern processor yet maintain a common base that allows verification IP reuse across projects.
With the latest additions to Imperas’ tools processor DV teams can pre-test system level integrations and cover the next level of complex asynchronous events with virtual components integrated into the test bench. These guidelines both support entry level verification and also enable experts to build compressive test environments for the most complex RISC-V designs.