dvsim 1.10.0
DV system
Requires Python: >=3.10

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# DVSim

![OpenTitan logo](./doc/opentitan-logo.png)

## About the project

[OpenTitan](https://opentitan.org) is an open source silicon Root of Trust (RoT) project.
OpenTitan will make the silicon RoT design and implementation more transparent, trustworthy, and secure for enterprises, platform providers, and chip manufacturers.
OpenTitan is administered by [lowRISC CIC](https://www.lowrisc.org) as a collaborative project to produce high quality, open IP for instantiation as a full-featured product.
See the [OpenTitan site](https://opentitan.org) and [OpenTitan docs](https://opentitan.org/book/) for more information about the project.

## About this repository

This repository contains **DVSim** which is a build and run system written in Python that runs a variety of EDA tool flows.
There are multiple steps involved in running EDA tool flows.
DVSim encapsulates them all to provide a single, standardized command-line interface to launch them.
While DVSim was written to support OpenTitan, it can be used for any ASIC project.

All EDA tool flows on OpenTitan are launched using the DVSim tool.
The following flows are currently supported:

* Simulations
* Coverage Unreachability Analysis (UNR)
* Formal (formal property verification (FPV), and connectivity)
* Lint (semantic and stylistic)
* Synthesis
* CDC
* RDC

### Installation

#### Using nix and direnv

If you have [Nix](https://nixos.org/download/) and [direnv](https://direnv.net/) installed, then it's as simple as `direnv allow .`.

New to Nix? Perhaps checkout this [installer](https://determinate.systems/posts/determinate-nix-installer/) which will enable flakes by default.

#### Using uv direct

The recommended way of installing DVSim is inside a virtual environment to isolate the dependencies from your system python install.
We use the `uv` tool for python dependency management and creating virtual environments.

First make sure you have `uv` installed, see the [installation documentation](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) for details and alternative installation methods.
There is a python package that can be installed with `pip install uv`, however the standalone installer is preferred.

##### macOS and Linux

```console
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv venv
uv sync
```

From there you can run the `dvsim` tool.

##### Windows (Powershell)

```console
irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex
uv venv
uv sync
```

From there you can run the `dvsim` tool.

### Using DVSim

For further information on how to use DVsim with OpenTitan see [Getting Started](https://opentitan.org/book/doc/getting_started/index.html)

## History

DVSim development started in the main OpenTitan repository under `utils/dvsim`.
This repository contains the code that origionaly lived there, as well as the full git history copied over as generated by `git subtree split -p utils/dvsim`.

## Documentation

The project contains comprehensive documentation of all IPs and tools.
You can access it [online at opentitan.org/book/](https://opentitan.org/book/).

### Other related documents

* [Testplanner tool](./doc/testplanner.md)
* [Design document](./doc/design_doc.md)
* [Glossary](./doc/glossary.md)

## How to contribute

Have a look at [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/lowRISC/opentitan/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) and our [documentation on project organization and processes](https://opentitan.org/book/doc/project_governance/README.md) for guidelines on how to contribute code to this repository.

## Licensing

Unless otherwise noted, everything in this repository is covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0 (see [LICENSE](https://github.com/lowRISC/opentitan/blob/master/LICENSE) for full text).

## Bugs

Please see [link](https://github.com/lowRISC/dvsim/issues) for a list of open bugs and feature requests.