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Sorry for asking, what is Silicon Validation? and how it is related to Meltdown, Spectre?
by 0xFFC 9y ago
Sorry for asking, what is Silicon Validation? and how it is related to Meltdown, Spectre?
- ohazi 9y agoSimulating and testing the design. You generally don't want to spend millions of dollars on a semiconductor mask set unless you're sure the design will work correctly. This part usually takes longer than the actual logic design and transistor layout phases.
- robin_reala 9y ago> You generally don't want to spend millions of dollars on a semiconductor mask set unless you're sure the design will work correctly. For varying levels of sure, given recent history.
- letlambda 9y agoI don't know the semi-conductor specifics... but it's a broad engineering concept. Validation: Does the thing you designed actually do what it's supposed to do? And the related concept, Verification: Is the thing you build (and deliver) actually what you designed?