Research Article

High-Level Synthesis of In-Circuit Assertions for Verification, Debugging, and Timing Analysis

Table 2

Edge-detection assertion overhead.

EP2S180 Original Assert Difference

Logic used 12250 12273 +23
(out of 143520) (8.54%) (8.56%) (+0.02%)

Comb. ALUT 6726 6809 +83
(out of 143520) (4.69%) (4.75%) (+0.06%)

Registers 9371 9417 +46
(out of 143520) (6.53%) (6.56%) (+0.03%)

Block RAM 141120 141696 +576
(9383040 bits) (1.50%) (1.51%) (+0.01%)

Block interconnect 19904 19994 +90
(out of 536440) (3.71%) (3.73%) (+0.02%)

Frequency (MHz) 77.5 79.3 +1.8 (+2.32%)