Preprocessing has become a key component of the Boolean satisfiability (SAT) solving
workflow. In practice, preprocessing is situated between the encoding phase and the solving …

Modern system design often requires comparing several models over a large design space.
Different models arise out of a need to weigh different design choices, to check core …

Major breakthroughs have increased the efficiency and effectiveness of software model
checking considerably, such that this technology is now applicable to industrial-scale …

Microcode is a critical component in modern microprocessors, and substantial effort has
been devoted in the past to verify its correctness. A prominent approach, based on symbolic …

Functional validation is widely acknowledged as a major challenge for multicore
architectures. Directed tests are promising since a significantly smaller number of directed …

This paper addresses the problem of model checking multiple properties on the same
circuit/system. Although this is a typical scenario in several industrial verification frameworks …

We describe two complementary techniques to aid the automatic verification of safety
properties of synchronous systems by model checking. A first technique allows the automatic …

Directed test generation is important for the functional verification of complex system-on-chip
designs. SAT based bounded model checking is promising for counter example generation …

Industrial hardware verification tasks often require checking a large number of properties
within a testbench. Verification tools often utilize parallelism in their solving orchestration to …

Hardware systems complexity has constantly increased in recent years. Guaranteeing their
correctness is a must. Formal verification techniques, such as model checking, now play a …