Principles of Verifiable Rtl Design:; a functional coding style supporting verification processes in Verilog

Purple octavo; xvii, 253 p, b&w illus; 24 cm. Contents: Register Transfer Level --; What is It? --; Verifiable RTL --; Applying Design Discipline --; The Verification Process --; Specification Design Decomposition --; High-Level Design Requirements --; Block-Level Specification and Design --; RTL Implementation --; Synthesis and Physical Design --; Functional Test Strategies --; Deterministic or Directed Test --; Random Test --; Transaction Analyzer Verification --; Chip Initialization Verification --; Synthesizable Testbench --; Transformation Test Strategies --; Coverage, Events and Assertions --; Coverage --; Ad-hoc Metrics --; Programming Code Metrics --; State Machine and Arc Coverage Metrics --; User Defined Metrics --; Fault Coverage Metrics --; Regression Analysis and Test Suite Optimization --; Event Monitors and Assertion Checkers --; Events --; Assertions --; Assertion Monitor Library Details --; Event Monitor and Assertion Checker Methodology --; Linting Strategy --; Implementation Considerations --; Event Monitor Database and Analysis --; RTL Methodology Basics --; Simple RTL Verifiable Subset --; Linting --; Linting in a design project --; Lint description --; Project Oriented --; Linting Message Examples --; Object-Based Hardware Design --; OBHD and Simulation --; OBHD and Formal Verification --; OBHD and Physical Design --; OBHD Synthesis --; OBHD Scan Chain Hookup --; A Text Macro Implementation --; RTL Logic Simulation --; Simulation History --; First Steps --; X, Z and Other States --; Function and Timing --; Gate to RTL Migration --; Acceleration and Emulation --; Language Standardization. Integrated circuits -- Very large scale integration -- Computer-aided design. Faint rubbed fold to spine head & foot & folds, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(+). First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). …