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1 Fast Prototyping from Assertions: a Pragmatic Approach K. Morin-Allory, N. Javaheri, D. Borrione TIMA Laboratory October 17, /20

2 SoC Design Flow: Protocols or Control Part 2/20

3 SoC Design Flow: Protocols or Control Part 2/20

4 SoC Design Flow: Protocols or Control Part 2/20

5 Outline PSL and the generalized Buffer Reactant synthesis Annotation and Directed Abstract Syntax Tree (DAST) Unsettled direction Experimental results 3/20

6 Generalized Buffer IBM: Homepage/tutorial3/index.html 4/20

7 Generalized Buffer IBM: Homepage/tutorial3/index.html 4/20

8 Generalized Buffer IBM: Homepage/tutorial3/index.html 4/20

9 GenBuf Specification The 4-phase handshake protocol: The sender side always ((BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0) next! (BtoS ACK 0)); 5/20

10 Complete specification of the 4-phase handshake protocol P1: always ((not BtoS ACK 0) and (not StoB REQ 0) next! (not BtoS ACK 0)); P2: always ((BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0) next! (BtoS ACK 0)); P3: always (rose(stob REQ 0) not BtoS ACK 0); P4: always ( not BtoS ACK 0 or not BtoS ACK 1 ); P5: always (ENQ BtoS ACK 0 or BtoS ACK 1); P6: always (not ENQ not BtoS ACK 0 and not BtoS ACK 1); 6/20

11 Complete specification of the 4-phase handshake protocol P1: always ((not BtoS ACK 0) and (not StoB REQ 0) next! (not BtoS ACK 0)); P2: always ((BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0) next! (BtoS ACK 0)); P3: always (rose(stob REQ 0) not BtoS ACK 0); P4: always ( not BtoS ACK 0 or not BtoS ACK 1 ); P5: always (ENQ BtoS ACK 0 or BtoS ACK 1); P6: always (not ENQ not BtoS ACK 0 and not BtoS ACK 1); 6/20

12 Design Synthesis 7/20

13 From PSL to reactants A library of primitive reactants: One primitive reactant for each PSL operator 8/20

14 From PSL to reactants A library of primitive reactants: One primitive reactant for each PSL operator A generic interface and a generic architecture Cond: monitored operand Trigger: start of the next module or generated operands 8/20

15 Property Synthesis Reactant always (( BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0) next! (BtoS ACK 0)); 9/20

16 Property Synthesis Reactant always (( BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0) next! (BtoS ACK 0)); 9/20

17 Directed Abstract Syntax tree and annotation Formal definition in VLSI SOC (october 2013, Istanbul) always ((BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0 next! (BtoS ACK 0)) 10/20

18 Directed Abstract Syntax tree and annotation Formal definition in VLSI SOC (october 2013, Istanbul) a down edge means generation always ((BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0 next! (BtoS ACK 0)) 10/20

19 Directed Abstract Syntax tree and annotation Formal definition in VLSI SOC (october 2013, Istanbul) Operator always: always ((BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0 next! (BtoS ACK 0)) 10/20

20 Directed Abstract Syntax tree and annotation Formal definition in VLSI SOC (october 2013, Istanbul) Operator imply: Propagation of a down edge to at least one child always ((BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0 next! (BtoS ACK 0)) 10/20

21 Directed Abstract Syntax tree and annotation Formal definition in VLSI SOC (october 2013, Istanbul) Operator imply: An up edge means observation always ((BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0 next! (BtoS ACK 0)) 10/20

22 Directed Abstract Syntax tree and annotation Formal definition in VLSI SOC (october 2013, Istanbul) Propagation of an up edge to both children always ((BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0 next! (BtoS ACK 0)) 10/20

23 Directed Abstract Syntax tree and annotation Formal definition in VLSI SOC (october 2013, Istanbul) Operator next: always ((BtoS ACK 0 and StoB REQ 0 next! (BtoS ACK 0)) 10/20

24 Directed Abstract Syntax tree and annotation Formal definition in VLSI SOC (october 2013, Istanbul) always ((BtoS ACK 0 m and StoB REQ 0 m) next! (BtoS ACK 0 g)) 10/20

25 Unsettled Edges P5:Always ENQ BtoS ACK 0 or BtoS ACK 1 11/20

26 Unsettled Edges P5:Always ENQ BtoS ACK 0 or BtoS ACK 1 Signals BtoS ACK 0 and BtoS ACK 1 are not annotated. Impossible to generate them simultaneously because: P4: always ( not BtoS ACK 0 or not BtoS ACK 1 ) 11/20

27 Set of properties Restriction of the graphs to unsettled edge. 12/20

28 Set of properties Restriction of the graphs to unsettled edge. 12/20

29 Set of properties Restriction of the graphs to unsettled edge. 12/20

30 Set of properties Restriction of the graphs to unsettled edge. 12/20

31 Set of properties Restriction of the graphs to unsettled edge. 12/20

32 Computation of signals solved together Merge of graphs 13/20

33 Computation of signals solved together Merge of graphs 13/20

34 Computation of signals solved together Merge of graphs Computation of strongly connected components (BtoS ACK 0, BtoS ACK 1) 13/20

35 Computation of signals solved together Merge of graphs Computation of strongly connected components (BtoS ACK 0, BtoS ACK 1) Extraction of equations 13/20

36 Resolution 14/20

37 Resolution 14/20

38 Resolution ABC: alanmi/abc/ 14/20

39 The whole circuit 15/20

40 The construction flow 16/20

41 The construction flow 16/20

42 The construction flow 16/20

43 The construction flow 16/20

44 The construction flow 16/20

45 Results Ratsy: 17/20

46 Results Ratsy: 17/20

47 Results Ratsy: 17/20

48 Results Ratsy: 17/20

49 Conclusion: A new design flow? Is it Possible? Yes 18/20

50 Conclusion: A new design flow? Is it Possible? Yes Is it worth it? Well... 18/20

51 Fast prototyping from assertions: what good is it for? Defining and verifying the specifications: Generation of waveforms Generation of theorems to prove the consistency and the completeness of the specification Generation of a golden model (only if the specification was complete) Generation of a simplified environment for on line testing of a design simulation prototyping 19/20

52 Fast prototyping from assertions: what good is it for? Defining and verifying the specifications: Generation of waveforms Generation of theorems to prove the consistency and the completeness of the specification Generation of a golden model (only if the specification was complete) Generation of a simplified environment for on line testing of a design simulation prototyping 19/20

53 Fast prototyping from assertions: what good is it for? Defining and verifying the specifications: Generation of waveforms Generation of theorems to prove the consistency and the completeness of the specification Generation of a golden model (only if the specification was complete) Generation of a simplified environment for on line testing of a design simulation prototyping 19/20

54 Fast prototyping from assertions: what good is it for? Defining and verifying the specifications: Generation of waveforms Generation of theorems to prove the consistency and the completeness of the specification Generation of a golden model (only if the specification was complete) Generation of a simplified environment for on line testing of a design simulation prototyping 19/20

55 Future Works Combine with a model checker to very the specification coherency and consistency Apply optimizations on the design Work on bit vectors and integers Define guidelines for the PSL subset for synthesis 20/20

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