Verification Challenges for RISC-V Adoption
| Paper Submitted by Tom Anderson, Technical Marketing Consultant, OneSpin Solutions | Just a few years ago, the idea of an open-specification processor architecture with open-source implementations available would have been dismissed by many. Modern processor designs are highly complex, with such advanced features as multi-stage pipelines, multi-level caches, out-of-order execution, branch prediction, and memory pre-fetching. Beyond the hardware design, a huge ecosystem is needed. Reference design kits and software development platforms are essential. Operating systems and applications must be ported to the new architecture. A significant portion of the system-on-chip (SoC) industry must design-in the new processor and validate Read More