New design innovations with RISC-V offer great potential in automotive applications, but achieving the extensive quality standards are critical for success.
The verification requirements to achieve the ASIL D safety requirement level of ISO 26262 with a processor-based design are extensive, however verification IP reuse through standards such as RVVI help improve efficiency and achieve time to market schedules with all the design innovations that RISC-V enables.
Sebastian Ahmed, Senior Director of R&D
Silicon Labs
Silicon Labs selected Imperas simulation tools and RISC-V models for our design verification (DV) flow because of the quality of the models and the ease of use of the Imperas environment.
The Imperas golden reference model of the RISC-V core and their experience with processor RTL DV flows were also critical to our decision.