In this paper, we propose a new role for functional testing. We show that it can be used to optimize test sets in terms of test time and automated test equipment (ATE) memory resources, or to increase coverage. We also propose to ease the generation of functional test patterns, by reusing data sequences initially generated with system-level tools for validation purposes.
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