enhanced symbolic simulation of a round-robin arbiter

In this work, we present our results on formally verifying hardware design of round-robin arbiter which is the core component in many real network systems. Our approach is enhanced STE, which explores fully symbolic simulation for not only one round of round-robin arbitration, but also the sequential behaviors of the arbiter. Our experiments demonstrate that the enhanced STE specification for real-world hardware design can be finished automatically in a reasonable time and memory usage. © 2011 IEEE.IEEE; IEEE Circuits and Systems Society; IEEE Computer SocietyIn this work, we present our results on formally verifying hardware design of round-robin arbiter which is the core component in many real network systems. Our approach is enhanced STE, which explores fully symbolic simulation for not only one round of round-robin arbitration, but also the sequential behaviors of the arbiter. Our experiments demonstrate that the enhanced STE specification for real-world hardware design can be finished automatically in a reasonable time and memory usage. © 2011 IEEE