Vendor: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Category: Protocol Bridge

Simulation VIP for PLB

In production since 2011.

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Overview

In production since 2011.

This Cadence® Verification IP (VIP) supports the IBM PLB standard. It provides a mature, highly capable compliance verification solution that supports simulation, formal analysis, and hardware acceleration platforms, making it applicable to intellectual property (IP), system-on-chip (SoC), and system-level verification. The VIP for PLB is compatible with the industry-standard Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), runs on all leading simulators, and leverages the industry-standard Cadence Memory Model core architecture, interface, and use model. The PLB VIP supports DCR, PLB4, and PLB6, for core, devices, and bus controller.

Supported specification: PLB4 and PLB6 Specifications - IBM confidential.

Key features

  • Protocol
    • Command, read data, and write data buses - DCR, PLB4, PLB6
  • Interface
    • Core, device, snooper pin, and snoopable and non-snoopable commands - PLB4, PLB6
  • Address ordering
    • Address overlapping read/write - PLB4, PLB6
  • Cache coherency
    • Cache coherency for snoopers - PLB6
  • Data transfer
    • Supports bytes, half-word, word, or line/burst transfer - PLB4, PLB6

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Simulation VIP for PLB
Vendor
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Type
Verification IP

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