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Checking if microprocessor cores are fully functional at the end of the productive process has become a major issue. Traditional functional approaches are not sufficient when considering modern designs. This paper describes new improvements for an existing evolutionary algorithm, called μGP, able to generate Turingcomplete programs; these are exploited, along with hardware acceleration techniques, to add content to a qualifying test campaign by automatically generating assembly programs. The approach is suitable for medium-sized processor cores. The experimental evaluation performed on a SPARCv8 clearly shows the potentiality of the approach, and the effectiveness of the enhancements to the evolutionary core.

Author

E. Sanchez; M. Schillaci; M. Sonza Reorda; G. Squillero; L. Sterpone; M. Violante

Publisher

ACM

Published

2005

Language

EN