Formal verification of arithmetic datapaths has been part of the established methodology for
most Intel processor designs over the last years, usually in the role of supplementing more …

Despite 20+ years of research on processor verification, it remains hard to use formal
verification techniques in commercial processor development. There are two significant …

This experience report describes a style of applying symbolic model checking developed
over the course of four years at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Lessons learned are drawn …

We describe the techniques we have used to search for bugs in the memory subsystem of a
next-generation Alpha microprocessor. Our approach is based on two model checking …

The Forte formal verification environment for datapath-dominated hardware is described.
Forte has proven to be effective in large-scale industrial trials and combines an efficient …

This article describes a style of applying symbolic model checking developed over the
course of four years at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Lessons learned are drawn from …

Paramount to the viability of a parallel architecture is the correct implementation of its
memory consistency model (MCM). Although tools exist for verifying consistency models at …

We prove a generalization of Kirchhoff's matrix-tree theorem in which a large class of
combinatorial objects are represented by non-Gaussian Grassmann integrals. As a special …

Functional programming languages offer a high degree of abstractions and clean semantics,
which are desirable for hardware descriptions. This short historical survey is about functional …

In recent years, leading microprocessor companies have made huge investments to improve
the reliability of their products. Besides expanding their validation and CAD tools teams, they …