Assertions are a powerful tool for design verification, but you need to be able to evaluate their effectiveness. Assertion-based coverage metrics provide an answer. During the decade of the 1980s, it ...

Every once in a while the topic of code coverage surfaces, which invariably leads to a number of interesting views and comments. Recently, my friend Meera Subbarao mused about the subject by ...

Code coverage is one of the most widely used quality metrics in embedded software development. Nearly every team I start working with tells me they aim to reach 80%+ code coverage. In fact, many ...

When developers and engineers measure code coverage in embedded systems they can improve their device’s safety and performance. Embedded systems play a foundational ...

This example shows how to generate coverage for unit and integration tests using Maven and Sonar. It uses very simple techniques and should only take 10-15 minutes to get running in any existing Maven ...

PARTNER CONTENT: Given the size and complexity of modern semiconductor designs, functional verification has become a dominant phase in the development cycle. Coverage lies at the very heart of this ...

For years the process of ASIC and FPGA design and verification debug consisted primarily of comprehending the structure and source code of the design with waveforms showing activity over time, based ...