Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2001, Volume 2144/2001, 386-402, DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44798-9_30

Using Abstract Specifications to Verify PowerPC™ Custom Memories by Symbolic Trajectory Evaluation

Jayanta Bhadra, Andrew Martin, Jacob Abraham and Magdy Abadir

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Abstract

We present a methodology in which the behavior of a switch level device is specified using abstract parameterized regular expressions. These specifications are used to generate a finite automaton representing an abstraction of the behavior of a block of memory comprised of a set of such switch level devices. The automaton, in conjunction with an Efficient Memory Model [1], [2] for the devices, forms a symbolic simulation model representing an abstraction of the array core embedded in a larger design under analysis. Using Symbolic Trajectory Evaluation, we check the equivalence between a register transfer level description and a schematic description augmented with abstract specifications for one of the custom memories embedded in the MPC7450 PowerPC processor.
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