Practice Timing Verification: Ensuring 'does It Meet Its Deadlines?' (12.4.2) - Simulation and Verification - Ensuring Correctness and Performance in Embedded Systems
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Timing Verification: Ensuring 'Does it meet its deadlines?'

Practice - Timing Verification: Ensuring 'Does it meet its deadlines?'

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Question 1 Easy

What is the purpose of setup time?

💡 Hint: Think about why stability is important for correct operation.

Question 2 Easy

Define propagation delay.

💡 Hint: Consider how long it takes for a signal to react to an input.

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Question 1

What does timing verification ensure in a digital circuit?

It ensures the circuit operates at the required clock frequency.
It guarantees circuit functionality regardless of speed.
It focuses only on the logical correctness of the circuit.

💡 Hint: Recall the importance of speed in real-time systems.

Question 2

True or False: The hold time is the time a data signal must remain stable before the active clock edge.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about when the signal's stability is necessary.

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Challenge 1 Hard

For a memory access operation that requires 10ns setup time, calculate the clock frequency.

💡 Hint: Remember the relationship between setup time and period.

Challenge 2 Hard

How would a significant clock skew impact a synchronous circuit run at high speed?

💡 Hint: Think about the impact of synchronization on data integrity.

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