In a lot of ways debug is similar to being a medical doctor. A patient comes in with some complaints and lists their symptoms, but you need to run tests in order to properly diagnose the issue before focusing the mind on how to fix it. A lot has been…

英文版 English Version:Taking the fear out of silicon debug

现代 SoC 可谓工程上的伟绩，不断地从有限的功率与面积中榨取更多性能。 然而，复杂性是可靠性的死敌。

“调试一段代码要比当初写这段代码难上两倍。 所以，你把代码写得无比聪明，你也必定不会聪明到能够对其进行调试。”

— Brian W.Kernighan 和 P. J. Plauger《The Elements of Programming Style》

Chinese Version 中文版：了却芯片设计的恐慌

The modern SoC is a feat of engineering that continually squeezes greater performance from defined power and area constraints. However the arch nemesis of reliability is complexity.

“Debugging is twice as hard as writingthe…