Test Design and Optimization for Multiple Core Systems- On-a-Chip using Genetic Algorithm

Core based design has become the de-facto design style for many VLSI design houses, as it facilitates design reuse, import of specialized expertise from external vendors and leads to a more streamlined design flow. Pre-designed cores and reusable modules are popularly used in the design of large and complex Systems-on-a-Chip (SOC). Embedded cores such as processors, custom application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), and memories are being used to provide SOC solutions to complex integrated circuit design problems. Traditional approaches for testing core-based SOCs completely rely on additional test structures such as boundary sca