The TileLink Verification IP provides an effective & efficient way to verify the components interfacing with TileLink bus of an IP or SoC. It is fully compliant with standard TileLink specification from SiFive, Inc. This VIP is a light weight VIP with an easy plug-and-play interface so that there is no hit on the design cycle time.
TileLink Verification IP
Overview
Key Features
- Compliant to TileLink specification from SiFive inc.
- Support for all type of TiLeLink Agents: TileLink Master, TileLink Slave
- Wide range of strict programmable protocol checks
- Slave memory data check
- Bus assertion for all protocol scenarios
- Fully compliant to TileLink crossbar matrix
- Any type of complex TileLink network which follows the acyclic agent graph (DAG).
- Support all types of conformance level with 5 respective channels.
- TL-UL
- TL-UH
- TL-C
- All parameters Widths like data bus, address, size, sources, sinks are configurable.
- Controllable valid and ready assertion with weighted constraints.
- Different modes when ready are not asserted before starting burst.
- A configurable number of cycles for bounded busy periods.
- User can also provide a particular restriction on address
- Single and burst request and response supported
- All 3 types of request-response ordering possible.
- Response on the same cycle
- Response before the last beat received
- Response after some delay of received all beats
- All types of operations are supported as per respective conformance levels.
- Access
- Hint
- Transfer
- All opcodes and param for request and response messages supported for operations on all five channels.
- Can work as any node in the graph of position on a tree.
- Nothing
- Trunk
- Tip (with no Branches)
- Tip (with Branches)
- Branch
- Permission transitions are also supported
- Cap
- Grow
- Prune
- Report
- TrueEye Supported for debugging in graphical and pictorial menar.
Benefits
- Available in native SystemVerilog, UVM and Verilog
- Unique development methodology to ensure the highest levels of quality
- Availability of Compliance & Regression Test Suites
- Exhaustive set of assertions and cover points with connectivity example for all the components.
- Consistency of interface, installation, operation and documentation across all our VIPs
- 24X5 customer support
- Unique and customizable licensing models
Block Diagram
Deliverables
- TileLink Master/Slave Agent
- TileLink Bus Monitor, Assertion and Scoreboard
- Test Environment & Test Suite:
- Basic and Directed Protocol Tests
- Random Tests
- Error Scenario Tests
- Assertions & Cover Point Tests
- Integration Guide, User Manual, FAQ, and Release Notes