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Part I: Introduction to Verification

Chapter 1: Verification in the Chip Design Process
1.1 Introduction to Functional Verification
1.2 The V erification Challenge
1.3 Mission and Goals of Verification
1.4 Cost of Verification
1.5 Areas of Verific ation beyond the scope of this book
1.6 The Verification Cy cle: A Structured Process
1.7 Summary
1.8 Exer cises

Chapter 2: Verification Flow
2.1 Verification Hierarchy
2.2 Strategy of Verification< BR id='CRLF'>2.3 Summary
2.4 Exercises

Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Simulation Based Verification
3.1 Basic Verification Environment: A Test Bench
3.2 Observation Points: Black-box, White-box and Grey-box verification
3.3 Assertion Based Verification An overview
3.4 Test benches and Testing Strategies
3.5 Summary