Presentation 2020-03-04
An EVBDD-based Design Verification for Elementary Function Generators
Hiroto Fukuhara, Shinobu Nagayama, Masato Inagi, Shin'ichi Wakabayashi,
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Abstract(in English) This paper proposes a design verification based on edge-valued binary decisiondiagrams (EVBDDs) for elementary function generators. In the proposed method, target circuits are compactly represetend by EVBDDs, and the maximum errors of the circuits are computed by comparing with EVBDDsrepresenting design specifications (i.e., reference models). We can formally verify elementary function generators by making sure if themaximum errors are tolerable. To efficiently generate EVBDDs from the target circuits, this paper alsopresents some arithmetic operation algorithms for EVBDDs that correspondsto arithmetic operations in the circuits. Experimental results show the efficiency of the proposed verification method.
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Keyword(in English) EVBDD / design verification of elementary function generators / formal verification / graph operations
Paper # VLD2019-96,HWS2019-69
Date of Issue 2020-02-26 (VLD, HWS)

Conference Information
Committee HWS / VLD
Conference Date 2020/3/4(4days)
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Place (in English) Okinawa Ken Seinen Kaikan
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Design Technology for System-on-Silicon, Hardware Security, etc.
Chair Shinichi Kawamura(Toshiba) / Nozomu Togawa(Waseda Univ.)
Vice Chair Makoto Ikeda(Univ. of Tokyo) / Yasuhisa Shimazaki(Renesas Electronics) / Daisuke Fukuda(Fujitsu Labs.)
Secretary Makoto Ikeda(SECOM) / Yasuhisa Shimazaki(Kyushu Univ.) / Daisuke Fukuda(Univ. of Aizu)
Assistant / Kazuki Ikeda(Hitachi)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Hardware Security / Technical Committee on VLSI Design Technologies
Language JPN
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Title (in English) An EVBDD-based Design Verification for Elementary Function Generators
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) EVBDD
Keyword(2) design verification of elementary function generators
Keyword(3) formal verification
Keyword(4) graph operations
1st Author's Name Hiroto Fukuhara
1st Author's Affiliation Hiroshima City University(HCU)
2nd Author's Name Shinobu Nagayama
2nd Author's Affiliation Hiroshima City University(HCU)
3rd Author's Name Masato Inagi
3rd Author's Affiliation Hiroshima City University(HCU)
4th Author's Name Shin'ichi Wakabayashi
4th Author's Affiliation Hiroshima City University(HCU)
Date 2020-03-04
Paper # VLD2019-96,HWS2019-69
Volume (vol) vol.119
Number (no) VLD-443,HWS-444
Page pp.pp.13-18(VLD), pp.13-18(HWS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2020-02-26 (VLD, HWS)