Integrating formal property verification (FPV) into an existing design process raises several interesting questions. Have I written enough properties? Have I written a consistent set of properties? What should I do when the FPV tool runs into capacity issues? This book develops the answers to these questions and fits them into a roadmap for formal property verification - a roadmap that shows how to glue FPV technology into the traditional validation flow. A Roadmap for Formal Property Verification explores the key issues in this powerful technology through simple examples - you do not need any background on formal methods to read most parts of this book.
"This book is a "must-read" for anyone who needs a broad and deep understanding of assertion-based verification technology and methodology. It gives an in-depth overview of the logic behind, and algorithms for, reasoning about design behavior using assertions. The book also presents advanced methods for checking consistency and coverage of an assertion-based specification, for maintaining completeness of a specification as it is refined, and for leveraging assertions for automatic test generation in constrained random simulation.Detailing both established practice and recent developments, "A Roadmap for Formal Property Verification" is a valuable reference for insight into both the present and the future of assertion-based verification." (Erich Marschner, Senior Architect, Systems and Functional Verification, Cadence Design Systems, and Co-Chair, Accellera Formal Verification Technical Committee (FVTC)