VerTrace: An Open-Source Toolchain for Portable Stimulus Vertical Reuse
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26230%2F26%3A0198105" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26230/26:0198105 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11270614" target="_blank" >https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11270614</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICECS66544.2025.11270614" target="_blank" >10.1109/ICECS66544.2025.11270614</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
VerTrace: An Open-Source Toolchain for Portable Stimulus Vertical Reuse
Original language description
The Portable Test and Stimulus Standard (PSS) is a new standard used in the verification of hardware designs. It enables the reuse of abstract verification scenarios across platforms, design variants, and design hierarchies through portable models (PMs). The standard and use cases presented in the publications primarily focus on scenario creation and constraint solving within PMs, while the infrastructure for transforming abstract scenarios into executable tests remains largely manual. This paper presents VerTrace, a unique toolchain for automating the vertical reuse of PMs, developed by extending and adapting existing open-source tools and by developing custom tools. The toolchain was evaluated on several open-source RTL designs of varying complexity. Results demonstrate that the toolchain scales effectively with design complexity and transforms PSS vertical reuse from a manual, error-prone process into an automated approach grounded in static design analysis.
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20206 - Computer hardware and architecture
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Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
2025 32nd IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS)
ISBN
979-8-3315-9585-2
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Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
1-4
Publisher name
IEEE
Place of publication
Marrakech, Morocco
Event location
Marrakech
Event date
Nov 17, 2025
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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