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当芯片验证开始像软件测试一样写代码：Cocotb启示录

IBM Research在2024年欧洲一个行业会议上分享了一个故事。 他们的内部验证框架，用了几十年的C++代码，堆积了太多东西。新来的设计师根本搞不定，连做一个简单的单元测试都要花好几天搭环境。 然后他们做了一件事。 给设计师们配了一个Python环境，用了一个叫 ...
IEEE

Cocotb-Pynq: Co-Simulating Python+RTL Applications Targeting Pynq Platforms with Cocotb

Abstract: The AMD Pynq ecosystem fails to provide a seamless way to easily validate functional correctness of RTL designs when part of the application logic runs in Python on the ARM (or x86) host CPU ...
electronicsforu

Accelerating RISC-V Verification With Quality And Security At The Core

As the RISC-V ecosystem grows, startups struggle to verify complex chips before tape-out. Chennai-based startup addresses this with a unified, Python-friendly, AI-assisted pre-silicon platform that ...
electronicsforu

How cocotb Is Transforming Digital Design Verification

Its use results in faster development, cleaner testbenches, and a modern software-oriented approach to validating FPGA and ASIC designs without replacing your existing simulator. Verification has ...
GitHub

NPU: Neural Processing Unit

Este repositório contém a implementação de uma Unidade de Processamento Neural (NPU) baseada em uma arquitetura de Array Sistólico, projetada para acelerar cargas de trabalho de Redes Neurais (NN). O ...
GitHub

Functional Coverage and Constrained Randomization Extensions for Cocotb

This package allows you to use constrained randomization and functional coverage techniques known from CRV (constrained random verification) and MDV (metric-driven verification) methodologies, ...
IEEE

Analyzing AES Verification: A Comparative Study of UVM and Cocotb Approaches

Abstract: The paper focuses on a comprehensive comparative study of two prominent verification methodologies: Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) and Cocotb. UVM is a well-established ...