---
_id: '36994'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: This paper proposes a quality driven, simulation based approach to functional
    design verification, which applies mainly to IP-level HDL designs with well specified
    test instruction format and is evaluated on a soft microprocessor core MB-LITE
    [5]. The approach utilizes mutation analysis as the quality metric to steer an
    automated simulation data generation process. It leads to a simulation flow with
    two phases towards an enhanced mutation analysis result. First in a random simulation
    phase, an in-loop heuristics is deployed and adjusts dynamically the test probability
    distribution so as to improve the coverage efficiency. Next, for each remaining
    hard-to-kill mutant, a search heuristics on test input space is developed to iteratively
    locate a target test, using a specific objective cost function for the goal of
    killing HDL mutant. The effectiveness of this integrated two-phase simulation
    flow is demonstrated by the results with the MB-LITE microprocessor IP.
author:
- first_name: 'Tao '
  full_name: 'Xie, Tao '
  last_name: Xie
- first_name: Wolfgang
  full_name: Müller, Wolfgang
  id: '16243'
  last_name: Müller
- first_name: Florian
  full_name: Letombe, Florian
  last_name: Letombe
citation:
  ama: 'Xie T, Müller W, Letombe F. Mutation-Analysis Driven Functional Verification
    of a Soft Microprocessor. In: <i>Proceedings of SOCC2012</i>. IEEE; 2012. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362">10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362</a>'
  apa: Xie, T., Müller, W., &#38; Letombe, F. (2012). Mutation-Analysis Driven Functional
    Verification of a Soft Microprocessor. <i>Proceedings of SOCC2012</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362">https://doi.org/10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362</a>
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Xie_Müller_Letombe_2012, place={ Niagara Falls, NY, USA
    }, title={Mutation-Analysis Driven Functional Verification of a Soft Microprocessor},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362">10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362</a>},
    booktitle={Proceedings of SOCC2012}, publisher={IEEE}, author={Xie, Tao  and Müller,
    Wolfgang and Letombe, Florian}, year={2012} }'
  chicago: 'Xie, Tao , Wolfgang Müller, and Florian Letombe. “Mutation-Analysis Driven
    Functional Verification of a Soft Microprocessor.” In <i>Proceedings of SOCC2012</i>.  Niagara
    Falls, NY, USA : IEEE, 2012. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362">https://doi.org/10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362</a>.'
  ieee: 'T. Xie, W. Müller, and F. Letombe, “Mutation-Analysis Driven Functional Verification
    of a Soft Microprocessor,” 2012, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362">10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362</a>.'
  mla: Xie, Tao, et al. “Mutation-Analysis Driven Functional Verification of a Soft
    Microprocessor.” <i>Proceedings of SOCC2012</i>, IEEE, 2012, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362">10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362</a>.
  short: 'T. Xie, W. Müller, F. Letombe, in: Proceedings of SOCC2012, IEEE,  Niagara
    Falls, NY, USA , 2012.'
date_created: 2023-01-17T08:46:14Z
date_updated: 2023-01-17T08:46:29Z
department:
- _id: '672'
doi: 10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398362
keyword:
- Analytical models
- Hardware design languages
- Microprocessors
- Cost function
- Data models
- Search problems
- IP networks
language:
- iso: eng
place: ' Niagara Falls, NY, USA '
publication: Proceedings of SOCC2012
publication_identifier:
  eisbn:
  - 978-1-4673-1295-0
publisher: IEEE
status: public
title: Mutation-Analysis Driven Functional Verification of a Soft Microprocessor
type: conference
user_id: '5786'
year: '2012'
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