Transforming Equivalence Checking with Conformal AI Studio

From Manual Debugging to AI-Powered Verification

Imagine you're a verification engineer working on a complex SoC design. You've just completed synthesis and are running equivalence checks between your RTL and gate-level netlist. Suddenly, the tool throws an ABORT4.1 error—an issue that could take days to resolve manually. This is where Conformal AI Studio steps in, transforming traditional verification workflows with AI-driven automation, distributed computing, and smart diagnostics.

Conformal AI Studio equips engineers to leverage AI for faster, smarter equivalence checking. 

Why Conformal AI Studio?
Traditional logic equivalence checking (LEC) can be time-consuming for modern designs with billions of gates and multiple blocks of hierarchical verification, all with complex datapaths.

Conformal AI Studio addresses these challenges by introducing:
Smart compare: Automatically selects the best comparison strategy.
Distributed hierarchical comparison: Parallelizes verification across modules and machines.
AI-Driven Abort Resolution (CAR): Uses machine learning to resolve aborts efficiently.
JedAI integration: Captures and analyzes verification data for continuous improvement.
These innovations drastically reduce turnaround time (TAT) and improve verification coverage.

Instead of manually debugging, CAR runs multiple recipes like RS4 or DP5, analyzes results, and selects the optimal path—all without user intervention. This drastically reduces time and effort. 

JedAI captures verification data, enables live updates, and provides dashboards for diagnosis, runtime analysis, and ECO preparation. It supports multi-run comparisons and model reuse for future designs.

AI-Driven Abort Resolution (CAR) uses Cadence Cerebrus and JedAI to automatically diagnose and resolve aborts. It explores multiple scenarios using machine learning to find the best recipe for equivalence.

Start enabling your design exploration with Conformal AI Studio. To learn more, go to Conformal AI Studio. 

Take a training course on the individual products in the platform to become more efficient at debugging using these tools. 

Conformal Equivalence Checking Training

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