Coverage measurement tool for user defined coverage models

摘要

Coverage measurement tool enabling a user to create a specific coverage tool for a coverage model including a set of coverage tasks specified by the user for checking a design such as a hardware or software system, and being associated with a database and model definition that defines the coverage model. The tool includes an insertion engine for storing into the database a table containing traces resulting from multiple tests, a processing engine processing the traces in the database according to the model definition, and a coverage analyzer analyzing the measurement results from the processing engine and preparing coverage analysis reports according to the model definition.