Pre-Silicon Validation

[sriramsv]

Hi friends,

I need to know what excatly does a pre-silicon validation engineer does? what are the toos and methodologies that the engg needs to know? does JTAG falls under pre-silcon validation?

please help asap

thanks

 

[wadaye]

Hi sriramsv,

Normally we use both FPGA and simulation to do Pre-Silicon Validation.

For FPGA the tools are Logic Analizer, FPGA board.

For Simulation the tools are Simulators from any EDA Vendor.