what is hardware/software co-verification

[zhangpengyu]

Hi
guys!

What is hardware/software co-verification?What tools can be used to do it? And where can I find some materials?
Thanks a lot!

zhpy

 

[edavio]

Coverification means instruction set simulation plus HDL simulaiton. Mentor's seamless is a good tool for co-verificaiton.
http://www.mentor.com

 

[delay]

To verify hardware and debug software running in a highly integrated system-on-a-chip poses engineering challenges. The processor cores embedded in the SOC are no longer visible, since there are no pins available to connect an in-circuit emulator and logic analyzer for debugging and analysis. An ICE and logic analyzer require address, data, and control buses for debugging, but these signals are hidden in the SOC.