Technical Activity Committee on HIGH-LEVEL DESIGN AND TEST

This high-level design and test TAC was formed in 1995 with the aim of stimulating research and discussions on test and validation methodologies for ICs and systems specified using high level descriptions, where high-level refers to register-transfer, behavioral, and system level specifications.

The TAC has held annual workshops (IEEE High-Level Design Validation and Test 1996-2002) on the topic. The TAC has also been active in organizing technical sessions at various TTTC sponsored meetings.

The goal of the TAC, and the HLDVT workshops, is to provide an informal forum, bringing together designers and test and validation researchers working in validating, debugging, and testing designs in an effort to address high-level design validation and test issues concurrently.

While the TAC itself has not been particularly active in recent years, the HLDVT workshop continues to thrive. For those interested in pursuing this subject, there are several very active areas to pursue, including the SystemC project and the open-source TestBuilder project (which is sponsored by Cadence Design Systems).