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Agile Methods for Verification using IVerifySpec
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Semiconductor Industry Challenges 80% of designs go over deadline by an average 44%* 70% effort devoted to verification 80% of product cost is head count related* Make people more effective Make processes efficient Get appropriate tools
*Source: NXP/Spirit 2008
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Trends in the industry • Higher density – Integration of higher density IP in an SoC
• Greater reuse of IP – External, 3rd party – Internal, older projects, other teams
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Management Vs. Verification team • What Management wants – What is the verification status – When verification team will be done – What is the Quality of Result • What Verification Team wants – Be let alone to do their job! – Not do un-productive meetings/status hunts
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Why be Agile • Agile projects are characterized by higher success rates as evidenced by – higher productivity – better quality – lower costs – Overall higher satisfaction
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Being agile Main Entry: ag·ile Pronunciation: \ˈa-jəl, -ˌjī(-ə)l\ Function: adjective 1 : marked by ready ability to move with quick easy grace 2 : having a quick, resourceful and adaptable character — ag·ile·ly \-jə(l)-lē, -ˌjī(l)-lē\ adverb
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agile Vs. Agile • Agile software development refers to a group of software development methodologies based on iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional teams.* • “Agile” is one of the ways to be agile
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Manifesto for Agile Software Development* We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions Working software Customer collaboration Responding to change
over over over over
processes and tools comprehensive documentation contract negotiation following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
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Manifesto for Agile Verification Agile Verification teams value …. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools, … except where the tools help individuals and interactions Controlled regression environment over Design team collaboration
over
Responding to change
over
comprehensive documentation contract negotiation following a rigid verification plan
… except when the plan can respond to change
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Where does change come from? • • • • •
Requirement changes Design changes Changes to the verification strategy Updates to verification plan as the project matures Resource changes which has an impact on verification priority and what gets verified • Schedule and milestone changes • Change of simulation vendor
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Verification management challenges • Verification planning • Constantly evolving and highly dynamic verification • Too much data, everywhere – Regressions – Coverage reports – Log files – Bug tracking system • Versions/configurations of design files, software revisions, …
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Verification management challenges (contd.) • Dispersed data sources – Verification using various methodologies – Variety of vendors with their specific formats – Other sources of information
• Bug tracking systems • Project management system • Requirement capture system • Distributed design and verification teams
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Possible solutions • • • •
Static documents and spreadsheets Using Wiki Home-grown custom application IVerifySpec
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What is IVerifySpecTM • Verification planning and management tool • Enables quick assessment of verification status • Gives deep insight into the project progress • Integrates – – – –
Design requirements Verification plan Results from the verification environment Bug tracking systems
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IVerifySpec Overview Requirement Document
Plan Document
Web Interface DB Current Simulation Environment
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IVerifySpec (contd.) • Centralized portal for Verification team and management • Consolidated Information sources - Simulation/formal environment - Bug tracking system - User defined • Simulation tool vendor or methodology agnostic : Works with all vendor tools! • Browser based OR Document based Verification plan and requirements • Collaborate on an intranet and automatically generate MS Word document for plan/requirements • Deep analysis and charts
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IVS Dashboard
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Analysis (Historic trends)
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Analysis (Heat-map)
Verification Performance Indicators
More Green is Good
No Simulation runs!
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Summary • Using agile – Reduces TTM • Increasing the efficiency of the Verification and Design teams • Everyone on same page, with clear understanding • Better communication
– Reduce costs • Projects done faster • Using less simulation licenses • Compute resources
– Improve Quality • Verification progress is not a surprise • Everyone gets a clear picture including mgmt.
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Agenda
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Further information • http://agilemanifesto.org/ • http://edadesignline.org for an article on “Achieving verification closure with resource and time constraints” • http://agnisys.com • http://agileSoC.com
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About Agnisys • Privately held, offices in US and India • Founded in 2007 • What we do – EDA tool development • IDesignSpec • IVerifySpec
