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Hardware-Based Mutation Strategy

Technique

Hardware-Based Mutation Strategy is a fuzzing technique proposed in Instiller for RTL fuzzing. In the available evidence, it is described together with hardware-based seed selection as a way to improve fuzzing performance by using hardware-related heuristics and mutation operations.

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Last seen 6/2/2026
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Hardware-Based Mutation Strategy

Overview

Hardware-Based Mutation Strategy is a technique described in Instiller: Towards Efficient and Realistic RTL Fuzzing as part of an RTL fuzzing approach for CPU hardware verification. The paper presents it alongside a hardware-based seed selection strategy as one of the methods used to improve overall fuzzing performance.[1][2]

Role in Instiller

In the evidence provided, Instiller identifies three main improvements over prior RTL fuzzing approaches:

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INSTILLER ← implements 98% 2e
Instiller implements hardware-based mutation strategies to improve fuzzing performance.

CITATIONS

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[1] Hardware-Based Mutation Strategy is a technique proposed in Instiller for RTL fuzzing. [2401.15967] Instiller: Towards Efficient and Realistic RTL Fuzzing
[2] Instiller presents hardware-based seed selection and mutation strategies as one of its main improvements to improve fuzzing performance. [2401.15967] Instiller: Towards Efficient and Realistic RTL Fuzzing
[3] The strategy uses hardware-related heuristics and mutation operations to improve fuzzing performance in RTL fuzzing. [2401.15967] Instiller: Towards Efficient and Realistic RTL Fuzzing
[4] The available evidence does not provide a detailed standalone algorithmic description of the mutation strategy. [2401.15967] Instiller: Towards Efficient and Realistic RTL Fuzzing