Creating Assertion-Based IP (Series on Integrated Circuits and Systems)

ion Refinement for Large Scale Model Checking Chao Wang, Gary D. Hachtel, and Fabio Somenzi ISBN 978-0-387-28594-2, 2006 A Practical Introduction to PSL Cindy Eisner and Dana Fisman ISBN 978-0-387-35313-5, 2006 Thermal and Power Management of Integrated Systems Arman Vassighi and Manoj Sachdev ISBN 978-0-387-25762-4, 2006 Continued after index Harry D. Foster • Adam C. Krolnik Creating Assertion-Based IP Harry D. Foster Adam C. Krolnik Mentor Graphics LSI Logic Corporation Plano, TX Allen, TX USA USA Library of Congress Control Number: 2007937035 ISBN 978-0-387-36641-8 e-ISBN 978-0-387-68398-0 Printed on acid-free paper. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights.