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Syllabus
- RTL code freeze
- Base tape out
- Metal tape out
- ECO update
- CS (customer shipment)
- RMA
- SoC Architecture
- SOC Design Integration
- SoC Subsystems
- Processor, High speed, Low speed, Modem, Multimedia subsystem
- SoC Interconnects & NOCs
- NoC Overview – Types of NOCs, purpose and diagram
- SoC Digital & Analog Components
- SOC UPF
- Voltage domains
- Power domains
- Clock domains
- Different clock mode – XO mode, at-speed mode
- CDC
- SoC Address Mapping
- SoC Interrupt Mapping
- SoC Frequency Plan
- SoC Performance requirements
- SoC Features
- SoC Memories: Msg ram, Iram, DDR, Flash
- GPIO purpose : Pad muxing
- I/O’s of SOC: Dedicated IO’s, and GPIOs
- Setting up environment
- Processor boot concepts
- Types of verification : how they are different
- SoC Processor-TB interaction
- How to set reset location to start booting.
- Loading C code into memories – Front door, back door.
- SCF file
- SoC Architecture, understanding transaction matrix
- SOC Test bench architecture
- SoC environment structure
- Setting up SOC TB environment
- Using library functions to implement C test cases
- Integrating UVC in Testbench setup
- sequence usage in SV testcase
- understanding handshake between Native & SV code
- Functional Verification
- Formal Verification (Connectivity Checks)
- SOC Test plan
- SOC Test case Flow
- SOC Test case Coding (C files & SV files)
- DDR initialization
- Setting up regression
- Running test cases & regression
- SOC Test debug
- Verification closure
- Power Aware Simulations
- Listing down test requirements, pass criteria
- Functional test
- register wr-rd, reset tests
- Interrupt tests
- targeting different frequency plans
- Feature(use-case) tests
- power aware tests
- Fuse tests
- End to end data transfer tests
- Booting from different memories
- Address decoding access tests
- Connectivity tests
- Power collapse and uncollapse tests
- SOC testcase bring up
- Memory preloading
- Processor booting from different memories
- TIC mode
- PLL locking(LMN values)
- Functional mode
- Power domains to be up
- clock domains to be up, required frequencies
- Understanding required flow to implement testcase
- Device Initialisation
- DDR initialisation
- Enabling DDR access to different processors
- Processor boot sequence
- Processor boot from different memories
- C test Main function
- Interrupt handler
- tarmac log
- List file
- mpf file
- Simulation log
- Wave dump debug
- Message based debug
- Warnings, errors
- Processor not booting
- register looping
- Not working at current frequency plan
- pll not locked
- Memory not preloaded
- clocks not running
- Access is not enabled to register or memory space
- Simulation not proceeding in time
- Simulation is proceeding in time but not completing (looping)
- Interrupt not serviced
- interrupt not generated
- Signal not sampled
- sub module functional issues
- Denali errors
- Memory loading ‘x’ debug
- tied signals, unconnected ports
- Cycle slips
- Choosing tests for GLS
- Vector generation
- EVCD generation
- Need for EVCD
- Vector runs on VT setup
- Generating binaries for running on tester
- RMA
- ECO
- What stage ECO is issued
- Vector debug
- Significance
- Format
- Vector runs on VT setup
- Production vectors
- Characterization vectors
- RMA
- Design baseline
- Updating env for custom baseline
- all design sub component latest baselines
- verif baseline
- Command line
- sim_gui mode
- Command line options
- using force files, timing corners, frequency plans
- ARM, ARC, DSP
- Processor architectures
- Impact on design architecture
- Basics of ARM processors
- ARM processor types – Cortex-M series, A series.
- Processor interfaces: interfaces meant for fetching instruction, data code
- MMU, Physical address, virtual address
- ARM instruction set basics
- ARM C, ASM compiler, linker.
- Caches (L1 and L2).
- Generic Interrupt controller.
- Exceptions, Events – Types of Exceptions (Edge, Level), Source of Exceptions, How to handle.
- Debug system – Basics of ARM debug sub system.
- Scatter files.
- ARM Instruction example
- UPF
- PA RTL simulations
- PA GLS simulations
- Vector evcd generation
- VT simulations on testers
- Post silicon validation
- TIC interface
- JTAG
- Debug
- Regression 100% pass
- 100% toggle coverage
- reviews high level & low level
- Performance requirements
- Power requirements met
Course Overview
Course Overview
SOC verification course provides a practical perspective of SOC verification flow covering all the aspects from understanding SOC design specification, test plan development, TB development, test case coding and debug.
It is essential for every verification engineer to gain expertise on SoC & Subsystem verification concepts. The course is for functional verification engineers with module level verification expertise and planning to explore SOC verification. This course is essential for every verification engineer with 5+ years of experience have never got exposure to SOC verification.
Schedule
Currently there is no live sessions planned. You may enroll for e-learning course for self paced learning, with option to join upcoming batch with no additional cost.
| Course | SoC Design & Verification |
|---|---|
| Duration | 7 weeks |
| Next Batch | Adhoc (when course has a minimum strength) |
| Course repeats | every 10 weeks |
| Tool | Questasim, Kiel |
| Mode of training | Classroom training at VLSIGuru Institute, Banaswadi, ORR |
| Online training using live training sessions | |
| Certificate | Issued based on 50% assignment completion as criteria |
| Batch Size | 20 |
| Assignments | 20 |
| Trainer | 12+ Years exp in RTL design & Functional verification |
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FAQs
- Course presentations for all topics
- Session notes
- Lab documents with detailed steps
- User guides
- Course does not have any pre-requisites. However any exposure to Digital design, VLSI design flow is an added advantage.
- Each session of course is recorded, missed session videos will be shared
- Yes, You will have option to view the recorded videos of course for the sessions missed
- You will have option to repeat the course any time in next 1 year
- Yes, Course fee also includes support for doubt clarification sessions even after course completion
- You have option to mail you queries
- Option to meet in person to clarify doubts
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Experienced Trainer
- Multiple trainers, with experience of working on multiple SOC tape outs. All working in top-3 product companies.
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- mock interview
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