Post-Silicon Validation and Debug

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of System-on-Chip (SoC) post-silicon validation and debug challenges and state-of-the-art solutions with contributions from SoC designers, academic researchers as well as SoC verification experts.  The read

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Post-Silicon Validation and Debug

Post-Silicon Validation and Debug

Prabhat Mishra Farimah Farahmandi •

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Editors Prabhat Mishra Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA

Farimah Farahmandi Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA

ISBN 978-3-319-98115-4 ISBN 978-3-319-98116-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98116-1

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Preface

In our day-to-day activities, we interact with a wide variety of computing systems. When we use desktops or laptops, we are aware of the fact that these systems are computing something for us. However, in many systems, the computing is embedded in them, such as cyber-physical systems and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. When we drive a car or fly in an airplane, many computing devices seamlessly work together to ensure a pleasant and safe journey. Similarly, when we perform any financial transaction or share personal details using a smartphone, embedded computing devices try to ensure the security and privacy of these transactions. Can we assume that these computing devices are correct by construction and therefore we can safely rely on them? A short answer is that no one can prove the absolute infallibility of today’s computing systems. This book provides a clear insight into the fundamental challenges associated with validation and debug of computing systems. This book also provides effective solutions to address these challenges. Most of these computin