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can u give significance of C language in VERIFICATION ?

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Hello friends,
I want to know up to what extend C language is used in verification !

how iz assembly language used in direct test case?
 

C language is used extensively in Verification primarily in Algorithm implementation and reference models . It is accessed in the verification environment using PLI or FLI.

Assembly language is used when the verification environment has a processor. Assembly tests are created and the output is converted into a format ( Mainly Hex) which is preloaded into the memory. After resets processor starts executing from the memory.

Assembly language can also be used by the PLI/FLI C functions.
 

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I think even in the protocol focused verification, C/C++ is widely used. This is a merging trend since sv provides DPI interface.
 

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in SOC verification it is also used since SOC contains processor, we have to verify traffic from processor to different module so we can write write c programs and binary file of it is loaded into DDR or SRAM from where processor starts booting.
 

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Hi,

C/C++ is surely one of the most used languages for hardware verification. Either for testbench code or for reference modeling. In both cases integrated to the logic simulator through a DPI/PLI/FLI interface or a SystemC shell.

In processor driven testbenches where verification engineers write test software to run on the DUT on-chip microprocessor, C is widely employed to rise the abstraction of the test programs.
 

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