Table of Contents

Foreword. Preface: Why This Book is Important. What This Book is About. What Prior Knowledge You Should Have. Reading Paths. VHDL vs Verilog. For More Information. 1: What is Verification? What is a Testbench. The Importance of Verification. Reconvergeance Model. The Human Factor. What Is Being Verified? Functional Verification Approaches. Testing vs. Verification. Verification and Design Reuse. The Cost of Verification. 2: Verification Tools. Linting Tools. Simulators. Third-Party Models. Waveform Viewers. Code Coverage. Verification Languages. Revision Control. Issue Tracking. Metrics. 3: The Verification Plan. The Role of the Verification Plan. Levels of Verification. Verification Strategies. From Specification to Features. From Features to Testcases. From Testcases to Testbenches. 4: Behavioral Hardware Description Languages. Behavioral vs. RTL Thinking. You Gotta Have Style! Structure of Behavioral Code. Data Abstractions. The HDL Parallel Engine. Verilog Portability Issues. 5: Stimulus and Response. Simple Stimulus. Verifying the Output. Self-Checking Testbenches. Complex Stimulus. Complex Response. Predicting the Output. 6: Architecting Testbenches. Reusable Verification Components. Verilog Implementation. VHDL Implementation. Autonomous Generation and Monitoring. Input and Output Paths. Verifying Configurable Designs. 7: Simulation Management. Behavioral Models. Pass or Fail? Managing Simulations. Regression. Appendix A: Coding Guidelines. Directory Structure. General Coding Guidelines. Naming Guidelines. HDL Coding Guidelines. Afterwords. Index.