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About
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EBMC is a bounded model checker for the Verilog language (and other HW
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specification languages). The verification is performed by synthesizing a
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transition system from the Verilog, unwinding the transition system (up to a
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certain bound), and then producing a decision problem. The decision problem
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encodes the circuit and the negation of the property under verification.
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Hence if satisfiable, the tool produces a counterexample demonstrating
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violation of the property. EBMC can use CBMC's bit-vector solver or Z3
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or CVC4 to solve the decision problem.
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EBMC is a free, open-source formal verification tool for hardware designs.
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It can read Verilog 2005, SystemVerilog 2017, NuSMV and netlists (given in
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ISCAS89 format). Properties can be given in LTL or a fragment of
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SystemVerilog Assertions. It includes both bounded and (despite its name)
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unbounded Model Checking engines, i.e., it can both discover bugs and prove
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the absence of bugs.
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For full information see [cprover.org](http://www.cprover.org/ebmc/).
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Usage
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Let us assume we have the following SystemVerilog code in `main.sv`.
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Let us assume we have the following SystemVerilog model in `main.sv`.
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```main.sv
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module main(input clk, x, y);
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Then we can run the EBMC verification as
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We can then invoke the BMC engine in EBMC as follows:
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`$> ebmc main.sv --module main --bound 3`
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`$ ebmc main.sv --top main --bound 3`
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setting the unwinding bound to `3` and running the verification of the module `main`.
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This sets the unwinding bound to `3` and the top-level module to `main`.
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For more information see [EBMC Manual](http://www.cprover.org/ebmc/manual/)
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For more information see [EBMC Manual](http://www.cprover.org/ebmc/manual/).

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