Formal Verification, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments

The contents of this book were inspired by the collective efforts of hundreds of our colleagues, at Intel and in the industry beyond; too numerous to name here. But we must thank all the researchers, mathematicians, designers, and validation engineers, whose hard work over many decades has brought us to a technological state where books like this one, and the methods we describe, are accessible and useful for a general engineering audience.

We would also like to individually thank our colleagues who reviewed and sent notes on various draft sections of this book, making major contributions to the quality of the final version. These include Dan Benua, Jesse Bingham, Claudia Blank, Shalom Bresticker, Ben Cohen, Craig Deaton, ...