HDL IP Cores System as an Online Testbench Provider

Abstract

A huge part of the HDL development process is spent on testing and simulation. Supporting the idea of a testbench design automation, we present a module of the HDL IP Cores system, integrated with a client-side eclipse plug-in, as an automatic testbench search engine embedded inside the designer's native programming environment. The concept is extended with the use of a simulator for compatibility verification and existing results ranking improvement.