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  • Oct 2010

The Power of Assertions in SystemVerilog

Authors:

  1. Eduard Cerny

    1. Worcester, USA

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  2. Surrendra Dudani

    1. Newton, USA

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  3. John Havlicek

    1. Austin, USA

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  4. Dmitry Korchemny

    1. Kfar-Saba, Israel

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  • Explains the new SystemVerilog 1800-2009 LRM enhancements
  • Includes practical examples that address underlying performance issues
  • Provides deep understanding needed for successful deployment of the full assertion language

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Opening

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 3-28

    3. SystemVerilog Language and Simulation Semantics Overview

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 29-68

  3. Assertions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Assertion Statements

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 71-99

    3. Basic Properties

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 101-113

    4. Basic Sequences

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 115-139

    5. Assertion System Functions and Tasks

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 141-162

    6. Let Sequence and Property Declarations Inference

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 163-181

    7. Advanced Properties

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 183-201

    8. Advanced Sequences

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 203-228

    9. Introduction to Assertion Based Formal Verification

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 229-241

    10. Formal Verification and Models

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 243-268

    11. Clocks

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 269-294

    12. Resets

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 295-306

    13. Procedural Concurrent Assertions

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 307-322

    14. An Apology for Local Variables

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 323-341

    15. Mechanics of Local Variables

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 343-372

    16. Recursive Properties

      • Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny
      Pages 373-391
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About this book

This book is the result of the deep involvementof the authors in the development of EDA tools, SystemVerilog Assertion standardization, and many years of practical experience. One of the goals of this book is to expose the oral knowhow circulated among design and veri?cation engineers which has never been written down in its full extent. The book thus contains many practical examples and exercises illustr- ing the various concepts and semantics of the assertion language. Much attention is given to discussing ef?ciency of assertion forms in simulation and formal veri?- tion. We did our best to validate all the examples, but there are hundreds of them and not all features could be validated since they have not yet been implemented in EDA tools. Therefore, we will be grateful to readers for pointing to us any needed corrections. The book is written in a way that we believe serves well both the users of SystemVerilog assertions in simulation and also those who practice formal v- i?cation (model checking). Compared to previous books covering SystemVerilog assertions we include in detail the most recent features that appeared in the IEEE 1800-2009 SystemVerilog Standard, in particular the new encapsulation construct “checker” and checker libraries, Linear Temporal Logic operators, semantics and usage in formal veri?cation. However, for integral understanding we present the assertion language and its applications in full detail. The book is divided into three parts.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Worcester, USA

    Eduard Cerny

  • Newton, USA

    Surrendra Dudani

  • Austin, USA

    John Havlicek

  • Kfar-Saba, Israel

    Dmitry Korchemny

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About the authors

30 years: Professor at Concordia U. and Universite de Montreal, McGill Uiniversity, 25 years Consultant to Nortel (Ottawa) and others in testability, modeling, verification. 1 year: Design Verification (formal tools), Nortel, Billerica, MA 7 years - current: R&D Synopsys, Marlborough, MA Member and past Chair of IEEE P1800 SV-AC committee
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Power of Assertions in SystemVerilog

  • Authors: Eduard Cerny, Surrendra Dudani, John Havlicek, Dmitry Korchemny

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6600-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 544

  • Number of Illustrations: 166 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Circuits and Systems, Electrical Engineering

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