基于FPGA的SoC/IP验证平台的应用

Application of FPGA Based on SoC/IP Verification Platform

基于FPGA的验证平台能够缩短SoC芯片的开发时间,提高验证工作的可靠性,并具有可重用性。利用Xilinx公司的FPGA作为一个基于标准总线连接的IP模块验证平台,并将待验证IP模块综合后下载于FPGA中,通过软硬件协同验证的方法,验证了待测IP模块的正确性。通过介绍SPI模块的验证方法,给出了基于FPGA的SoC/IP验证的软件设计思路。

SoC is the trend of VLSI. The validity of SoC depends on thorough verification. Efficient and reusable verification platform based on FPGA is useful. It can save the verification time and increase the reliability of verification. Using Xilinx＇s FPGA, it can be a based on bus connection eonfigurable platform for SoC/IP verification, which needs downloaded unverified IP in FPGA. The function of the whole SoC platform is validated by hardware/software co-verification. This platform has been applied in the verification of SPI for an example to illuminate method for design of SoC/IP software verification based on FPGA.