Features

• Written in e and fully compatible with Specman Elite - HDL independent
• eRM compliant - Plug-n-Play
• Support for advanced Verification Process Automation (VPA) integration
• Functional coverage analysis for Coverage-Driven Verification (CDV)
• Fully compatible with the IEEE 1500-2005 Standard for Embedded Core Test, enabling complete Test Infrastructure Verification
• Supports advanced IEEE 1500-2005 test architecture features such as serial/parallel Test Access Mechanisms, multiple Cell Shift Stages and multiple Instruction Modes
• Sequence generation at different levels of abstraction including primitives, instructions and tests (high-level compliance library)
• Integrated Bus Functional Model (BFM) complies to SECT rules for transmission of test vectors and optional injection of control signal errors
• Protocol and data checking at mandatory TAM ports using an internal reference model
• BFM option to drive input sequences in JTAG mode
• Support for verifying a daisy chain of multiple wrappers using multiple passive agents
• Automated support for arbitrary user-defined Registers (Wrapper Data Registers / Core Data Registers) and Instructions

Benefits

• Cutting edge: Verify cutting edge IEEE 1500 technology on the most advanced and reliable verification platform, Cadence's Specman Elite
• Advanced VPA: Enter the age of Verification Process Automation and take advantage of advanced management features such as vPlans and multiple viewports
• Applicability: Verifiy virtually any 1500-compliant test architecture
• Core and Coreless Operation: Verify a wrapper with and without a core
• Single and Multi-wrapper Operation: The ability to verify a standalone wrapper and an IEEE 1500 daisy chain of wrappers.
• Layered Monitoring: Observe behavior in environments ranging from white-box to black-box
• Flexibility: Ensure that all configuration options within the standard can be satisfied
• Extensibility: Provide as much support for user defined extensions as possible
• Reusability: Apply the environment across providers, projects and hardware description levels
• Enhanced Automation: Co-verification with Test Information Models