It outlines a strategy of providing test programs for verification that use low-level devices drivers, which abstract the cores.
Verification runs in a controlled test environment and can maximize the value of simulation cycles.
This article will introduce Design Center strategy for verification and software in its chip initiative. In essence, chips are groups of cores that form the system building blocks for different markets. The groups contain similar basic cores connected with standard buses and verified as a system. Custom chips are then derived by adding or subtracting cores. Software is written to verify and diagnose the chip and its cores, forming a library of reusable components for follow-on chips.