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SUCCESS STORY

Synopsys and IntelliProp


VC Verification IP for NVDIMM-P, Verdi and VCS Help IntelliProp Meet Aggressive
Design Schedule for Memory Controller

“The integration of Synopsys VC VIP, Verdi and VCS was seamless. This combination of
solutions allowed for a more enhanced user experience and helped us to accelerate
our design schedule and meet our design goals. ”
~Hiren R. Patel, VP, Business Development, IntelliProp

Business
IntelliProp is a leading provider of IP cores and ASSP products for targeted memory and storage companies. IntelliProp’s focus on
storage, with increased emphasis on flash-based technologies, has helped them expand IP core expertise into areas such as NAND
interfaces, ECC, encryption, Flash Controllers and RAID.

Challenges
• Acquire a verification solution to meet an aggressive design schedule and deliver high-performance server systems-
on-chips (SoCs)
• Ensure IP testbench bring-up in 24 hours
• Get two UVM-based models, exercising two different protocols, to work together seamlessly in a single environment for NVMe
chip level verification
• Enable use of a 3rd party simulator with Gen-Z chip level verification platform

Synopsys Verification Solutions


• VC Verification IP (VIP) for NVDIMM-P
• VCS® Simulator
• Verdi® Debug

Benefits
• Ease-of-use enabled delivery against an aggressive time-to-market schedule
• Seamless integration of VIP with Verdi Debug and VCS accelerated verification environment setup
• VIP complied with latest JEDEC specification updates
• Enabled a scalable and reusable UVM verification environment
• First design bugs were flagged within an hour of connecting the VIP

synopsys.com
Overview
IntelliProp, founded in 1999, provides ASIC design and verification services for the storage industry. IntelliProp devices have
applications in a multitude of customer products that require interfacing to memory and storage devices, including traditional Hard
Disk Drives (HDD), Solid State Drives (SSD) and Multi Media Cards (MMC).

IntelliProp’s stringent design requirements to develop an NVDIMM-P memory controller product prompted them to select a high-
quality, high-performance verification IP solution that supports custom requirements. They invested in Synopsys as a trusted
provider, to help ensure compliance with the latest specification and provide an enhanced user experience. With Synopsys’ VC VIP for
NVDIMM-P, IntelliProp was able to achieve first-test success in less than an hour, integrate their IP in one week, and accelerate time-
to-market by a month.

Industry-Leading Verification Solutions


Intelliprop’s project had three phases and integrated multiple verification solutions, including third-party software. The first phase
used Synopsys VIP for NVDIMM-P with firmware running on an embedded microprocessor, Synopsys VCS simulator and Verdi for
waveform/debugging. For verification closure tracking, Synopsys’ VIP provided a built-in coverage model, including CMDs, state
transition, MR settings, configuration, and checkers. Intelliprop’s objective in phase one was to inject errors, manipulate delays, and
reorder the data on reads, which were all successfully completed.

Phase two added complexity and included verification setup at the NVMe chip level. Intelliprop continued to use Synopsys VIP for
NVDIMM-P, in combination with a third-party UVM based NVMe BFM model and simulator. Leveraging Synopsys design examples
and emulating script changes enabled IntelliProp to execute full chip-level simulations, which is a substantial benefit when integrating
new protocols into full demonstration-ready systems.

Phase three of the project was at the Gen-Z chip level, which was a simpler integration due to the use of an in-house Gen-Z BFM
model. For this configuration the main concern was enabling use of a third-party simulator, which was supported without significant
effort as Synopsys VIP includes repositories for code that is designed for a variety of simulation tools.

The seamless integration of Synopsys solutions and the ability to integrate with third-party tools enabled Intelliprop to quickly
setup their verification environment and achieve first test pass within hours. Synopsys VIP integration with Verdi debug was also
essential for finding bugs quickly. The rich set of protocol and timing checks with detailed error messages reduced development time
considerably and enabled the ability to introduce delays and error injection within the VIP model to exhaust any latent issues.

Expert and Responsive Technical Support


To meet an aggressive time-to-market schedule and handle a changing specification, IntelliProp relied on Synopsys’ expert
verification support team. The success at IntelliProp proves the quality, maturity, and robustness of Synopsys Verification IP,
VCS, and Verdi.

©2020 Synopsys, Inc. All rights reserved. Synopsys is a trademark of Synopsys, Inc. in the United States and other countries. A list of Synopsys trademarks is
available at synopsys.com/copyright.html . All other names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
06/01/20.CS505966373_Synopsys and IntelliProp_SS.

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