Architectural Compliance Testing

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Architectural compliance testing refers to the process of verifying that processor implementations conform to a defined instruction set architecture (ISA) specification. In the context of RISC-V, architectural compliance testing is being formalized through a certification effort led by RISC-V International.

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Architectural Compliance Testing

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Architectural compliance testing is the practice of verifying that a processor or system-on-chip (SoC) implementation correctly conforms to the behavior, encoding, and semantics defined by its target instruction set architecture (ISA). It ensures that software written against the architecture specification will operate correctly on the hardware implementation, independent of vendor-specific extensions or microarchitectural choices.

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RISC-V International is developing a certification committee to certify devices against architectural compliance tests.

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[1] RISC-V International is developing a certification committee to certify devices against architectural compliance tests. RISC-V Core & SoC Verification: A New Normal in Verification Techniques (Verification Futures Reading 2024, Adnan Hamid, Breker Verification Systems)

[2] Compliance assurance is identified as a special RISC-V verification requirement, alongside custom instruction verification and supporting a broad range of architectures. RISC-V Core & SoC Verification: A New Normal in Verification Techniques (Verification Futures Reading 2024, Adnan Hamid, Breker Verification Systems)