ABQ: Assertion Based Qualifier Methodology for Pre-Existing Environments

Publication: Design & Reuse
Contributor: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

December 2, 2010 -- In the present verification scenario with shortening time-to-market, reuse of pre-existing verification environments becomes very important. It becomes part of verification engineer's scheduled work list to check on the quality of pre-existing environments as well as to predict the amount and limitations of possible reuse.

ABQ (assertion-based qualifier) methodology provides the means to a verification team to reduce the qualifying time as well as provides insight into shortcomings of present and ingredients into future environment.

By Krishnan Ramakrishnan, Kotasubbarao Sajja, Divya Shankar and Shiju Ullattil. (Ramakrishnan, Sajja, Shankar and Ullattil are with the Samsung India Software Operations.

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