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[Submitted on 1 Jul 2022 (v1), last revised 14 Jun 2023 (this version, v3)]
Title:Using Neural Networks for Novelty-based Test Selection to Accelerate Functional Coverage Closure
View PDFAbstract:Novel test selectors used in simulation-based verification have been shown to significantly accelerate coverage closure regardless of the number of coverage holes. This paper presents a configurable and highly-automated framework for novel test selection based on neural networks. Three configurations of this framework are tested with a commercial signal processing unit. All three convincingly outperform random test selection with the largest saving of simulation being 49.37% to reach 99.5% coverage. The computational expense of the configurations is negligible compared to the simulation reduction. We compare the experimental results and discuss important characteristics related to the performance of the configurations.
Submission history
From: Xuan Zheng [view email][v1] Fri, 1 Jul 2022 14:11:08 UTC (344 KB)
[v2] Thu, 7 Jul 2022 13:30:25 UTC (311 KB)
[v3] Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:53:05 UTC (446 KB)
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