Progressive verification for Versal: do not verify PL, AIE, and software in isolation

In its April material on Versal, AMD emphasizes a staged approach to system-level verification: early checks of individual blocks, followed by integration across PL, AI Engine, NoC, and processing-system software.

For FPGA.camp this reinforces a rule: a complex adaptive SoC cannot be closed reliably with only RTL simulation or only board bring-up. Teams need to define verification levels, testbench boundaries, software stubs, traffic models, and criteria for moving to hardware.

A practical team draft: prove local contracts first, then assemble mixed simulation, then verify memory and NoC paths, and only then spend board time on real interfaces.

Source: https://www.amd.com/en/blogs/2026/a-progressive-approach-to-accelerating-systemlevel-veri.html. Checked by FPGA.camp on 2026-05-08.